Tragic: Nine attempt suicide, one dead
Police said they had been brought to various hospitals in the two districts and were undergoing treatment
Nine people attempted suicide in Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan on Tuesday-Wednesday.
Nine people attempted suicide in Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan on Tuesday-Wednesday. They were taken to hospitals. One of them, a father of three, passed away on Wednesday.
Police said a 38-year-old man, a resident of Gulshan Aziz, Kot Samaba near Rahim Yar Khan, had had an argument with his wife over financial issues on Tuesday night. He swallowed poison and was taken to a hospital where he died. Police said they had taken his body to a morgue for a post-mortem.
A 25-year-old woman; a 19-year-old boy; an 18-year-old boy; a 24-year-old woman; a 30-year-old woman; a 22-year-old woman; and a 17-year-old girl attempted suicide in separate incidents on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Police said they had been brought to various hospitals in the two districts and were undergoing treatment.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 22nd, 2015.
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