Live suicide postponed

A United States concert that was to feature an on-stage suicide of a terminally ill person was postponed because the website which was to broadcast the event was attacked.

The website for the band Hell on Earth was attacked last night by a flood of data from computers somewhere in Hong Kong, Jason Trindade, the operator of a San Diego-based technology company which hosts the site, said.

Trindade said he was told by the band leader, Billy Tourtelot, that the performance would be postponed, possibly until next weekend.

A judge had issued an order banning the event.