Standard 2 pupil commits suicide in Ntcheu
A teenager was found hanging dead in a tree at Senzani Village in the area of Sub Traditional Authority Tsikulamowa in Ntcheu.
The police have identified the deceased person as Chimwemwe Khwinda, aged 14 years old.
Confirming the development, Ntcheu Police Station Public Relations Officer (PRO), Inspector Hastings Chigalu, said the boy, who was a standard 2 learner at one of the primary schools in the area on Tuesday morning left home for school.
Chigalu said it was alleged that the boy was reluctant to go and attend classes on this fateful day.
"Looking as if he had taken heed of his mother's advice, the boy left home as if he was going to school, but it was shocking to discover his body hanging in a tree a short distance away from his school at around 10:00 hours," said Chigalu.
Postmortem conducted at Manjawira Health Centre revealed that death was due to suffocation secondary to strangulation.
The deceased, Chimwemwe Khwinda, hailed from Lunguzi Village in Sub-Traditional Authority Tsikulamowa in the district.
Chigalu disclosed that the district has registered nine suicide cases from January to June this year compared to two which were registered in the responding period in 2020.
He further highlighted that most suicide victims do not share problems with others for help, hence they end up taking their own lives.
Meanwhile, police in the district are advising people to share their problems with others for a better solution rather than resorting to taking their own life.