class StoppableThread(threading.Thread):
    """Thread class with a stop() method. The thread itself has to check
    regularly for the stopped() condition."""

    def __init__(self):
        super(StoppableThread, self).__init__()
        self._stop = threading.Event()
        print "qqwop"
        threading.Timer(3.0, StoppableThread).start()

    def stop(self):
        self._stop.set()

    def stopped(self):
        return self._stop.isSet()

StoppableThread()

time.sleep(6)
print "die!"
hej = StoppableThread()
hej.terminate()