Man commits suicide with robot help

An elderly man has used a home-made suicide machine to shoot himself dead on Queensland's Gold Coast.

The 81-year-old built the machine with plans off the internet and used it to fatally shoot himself in his Burleigh Heads driveway yesterday, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.

A police spokeswoman confirmed the man's death but would not comment on the circumstances, except to say a report was being prepared for the coroner. However, the newspaper reported the machine was attached to a .22 semi-automatic pistol loaded with four bullets and was capable of multiple fire once activated.

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