Two attempted suicides reported on Saturday
A woman in Malé stabbed herself in the stomach after her husband left to Syria, local media report. A young man attempted suicide in Muli after a quarrel with his family, police said.
18 Jul 2015, 5:00 PM
Minivan News
Two cases of attempted suicide were reported in Malé and Meemu Atoll Muli today.
A woman in Malé stabbed herself in the stomach after her husband left to Syria, local media report. The 28-year-old woman was hospitalized at 1:30pm today and underwent a surgery, police said.
According to Haveeru, the woman’s husband left to Syria last week with a second wife. He was a suspect in the Sultan Park bombing of 2007.
Scores of Maldivians have left the country to fight with radical Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria. Some include women and children.
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