Girl sets herself on fire [Archives:2004/801/Local News]

Taiz Bureau
Friday Dec.17- A young girl from Jabal Habashi has committed suicide by pouring kerosene on her body and setting herself alight. Her relatives rushed her immediately to Al-Thawrah General Hospital in Taiz but she died of her injuries.
There was a similar incident a few months ago in Jabal Habashi where another girl of roughly at the same age committed suicide in the same way. She was transferred to the same hospital but died a couple of days later.
Dr. Salah Abdullah Abdulghani told the Yemen Times that it is very difficult to save someone's life after they have been burned by kerosene.
Dr. Abdulghani attributed the phenomenon of suicide to quarrels and disputes within the family. Many young girls also suffer psychologically from parental pressure and marry people they do not like.
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