A PAIR of 17-year-old schoolgirls died as they kissed in front of a speeding train in an apparent lesbian double suicide, say police in southern Russia.
The girls — identified only as Nadia and Masha in local media — filmed themselves walking to the tracks in Bryukhovetskaya just minutes before they died.
Nadia posted it on Instagram with the caption: “Finally, I met my soulmate and finally I am happy.”
Seconds later the horrified train driver told police he saw them kissing on the tracks in front of him, apparently ignoring his frantic warning blasts on the train’s whistle.
Police told local media: “He tried to stop but there just wasn’t time. They didn’t seem to care.”
In a doomed video, posted on social media, blonde Masha and redhead Nadia look calm and relaxed.
Nadia is seen with a cigarette in her hand, and Masha is carrying a litre bottle of what looks like mineral water.
In the background, a song is playing with the lyrics: “Hello world, good morning, I believe you can hear me, I have something to say.”
Gruesome police photos released to local media shows the bloodstained train tracks and a body that has been hurled down the embankment.
Police spokeswoman Natalia Olefirenko said: “Both girls died on the spot from their injuries.”
But their bizarre suicide has baffled friends and family who had no idea they had become a couple.
One of Masha’s friends identified only as Margarita told local media: “She was very friendly, she was the centre of attention for many people. She even had boyfriends.
“We hung out together a lot, sitting in the park, having fun.”
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