Tragic suicides continue [Archives:2002/20/Local News]

A middle-aged person called Ahmed Mohammed Ali was found hanged on a branch of a huge Qat tree on May 3, in Mehal, Saber, 8 km. south of Taiz governorate.
“He was found with two stabs clearly seen on his thighs and his cheek was full with Qat,” an eyewitness said to the Yemen Times reporter.
The horrible scene caused panic among some people. This is the second case of its kind in Saber district where a person hanged themselves to death.
The first one happened when a woman died by hanging herself on a rope in the Saber district when she learned about the death of her husband during the 1994 civil war.
Moreover, the suicide attempts have become one of the most enigmatic and incomprehensible acts which is confined to a specific class of people.
“The reasons and motives leading to committing suicide can be ascribed to the weakness of religious discipline, psychological disorders and social and family problems,” said a police officer at the Criminal Investigation Bureau.
He further added that the main reasons for committing suicide are family break-ups, divorce, economic deteriorating conditions, low spirits, failure, feeling sin and guilty
Meanwhile, a woman was severely stabbed in different parts of her body by her brother last week in Mashra’a, 12 km. south of Taiz. Her brother surrendered himself to the police. The result of this incidents can be ascribed also to the long-term family disputes which in turn culminated in the death of family members.

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