Man who allegedly killed lover after romp hangs in police custody

IBADAN – A suspect, Asimiyu Ayantayo, who allegedly beheaded his lover last Thursday, has hanged himself in police custody. He was paraded with his alleged accomplice, Isiaka Akanbi, on Tuesday, in respect of beheading of a middle- aged woman in Ibadan.

 After allegedly killing his mistress, Sakirat Emiola, he was accused of beheading her and cut off her two hands. He was said to have hanged himself with his shirt which was tied to the iron bar of the cell where he was detained. After his parade, he was taken to the police station at Iyaganku. 

The murder suspect was said to have killed himself yesterday morning at Iyaganku, Ibadan. Confirming the incident, the Commissioner of Police Mr. Mohammed Tambari, said all the policemen on duty at the time would be queried.

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Girl Commits Suicide After Marriage Proposal Failed

Following a failed marriage proposal by her age-long boyfriend who she used her life savings to buy a motorcycle for because he was jobless when they met, a young Igbo lady, Obioma Abugu has allegedly committed suicide. She was said to had gone into nine days fasting and prayer over the issue but the 'pain' was so strong that Obioma suddenly abandoned everything and decided to commit suicide. 

 According to family source: “Thinking that she has got a husband, she threw herself to Ugo who was doing practically nothing to help himself. In order to empower Ugo economically, she bought a motorbike for him for commercial purpose. But Ugo was using the motorcycle for Okada without rendering any account to Obioma. “Unknown to Obioma, Ugo has found a woman with whom he would spend the rest of his life. 

Because of this, he started dropping the motorbike with an excuse that he was sick. "But, shortly after, Obioma got hint that he was having an affair with another richer lady. One day, she caught him driving the lady in her car. "Since then, she has not been herself... Ugo dropped the motorbike with an excuse that she was complaining too much. 

When he was invited to render financial account, he told Obioma that he has no account to render.” The source further disclosed that shortly after the late Obioma purchased the motorcycle, Ugo proposed to her, a request she reportedly accepted. But it was gathered that Ugo, after proposing to Obioma, suddenly refunded the N100,000 she borrowed from the thrift society and started behaving strange. 

Ugo was said to have changed his attitude towards her because of his new found lover. It was gathered that Obioma later committed suicide in the bush when she discovered that her lover had eloped with the new girl. The late Obioma was said to have been buried while Ugo was reportedly arrested by the police. Until her death, Obioma was reportedly selling fruits at Peace Mass Transit park junction along Umuida road. She hails from Enugu State.

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Pastor commits suicide in Ogun For nursing an unhealed wound for too long

A pastor in Owode-Yewa in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State has committed suicide for being diabetic and nursing a wound for several months without healing. Pastor John Ibikunle, 39, allegedly hanged himself recently in one of the rooms in his house at Alagbon area of the Yewa town. 

 Daily sun gathered that before the pastor took his life, he had asked his wife to represent him at a Parent Teacher Association meeting of one of his children. Before his death, John was said to have been troubled that a wound he sustained at a sawmill in the town refused to heal after several months. 

 A neighbour of the late pastor, who spoke with Daily Sun on condition of anonymity described the deceased as jovial and humble. He said, “As a neighbour, I was shocked to hear that Pastor John took his life with the excuse that the wound he sustained early last year refused to heal.’’ He added that initially, he did not believe the story until he got home and the reality of the pastor’s death dawned on him.

“His death is still a source of concern to me and I have never thought a man like that, who always preached the words of God to people, could take his life.” The deceased pastor was said to have taken his life by making a noose round his neck, tying it to a ceiling fan in one of his rooms. It was further learnt that nobody knew about the dastardly act until the pastor’s wife who had represented him at the PTA meeting returned home and raised the alarm. 

“It was too late for anyone to stop the tragedy as his lifeless body dangled with his tongue protruding from his mouth. It was a gory sight to behold and I wonder why he had to take his life because of a wound,” a neighbour of the late pastor told Daily Sun. A police source at the Divisional Police Headquarters at Owode confirmed the story and added that the matter had been transferred to the homicide section of the state police headquarters at Eleweran, Abeokuta.

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14 Year old boy hangs himself.

A 14-year-old primary-six pupil of the Adukro D/A Primary School at Abrome, a suburb of Boamang in the Afigya Sekyere District of the Ashanti Region, has killed himself.

The deceased, Augustine Antwi Boasiako, reportedly died after hanging himself on Monday afternoon at about 2:30, shortly after returning home from school.

Boasiako, according to sources, was discovered by his elder brother, hanging on a crossbar with a sponge tied around his neck in one of the rooms in their family house.

The deceased, who was not dead yet, was said to have told his elder brother to tell their mother that he was travelling and that he should bid her farewell on his behalf.

Upon receiving the message, the mother, DAILY GUIDE learnt, suspected foul play and therefore rushed to the room only to discover her hanging-son almost dead.

Alarmed by the horrible spectacle, the mother raised the alarm which attracted people, who subsequently carried the class-six pupil to the St. Patrick Hospital at Offinso.

Mr. Agyenim Boateng, a teacher in the town, told DAILY GUIDE the boy passed away two hours after arrival at the hospital in spite of the massive efforts the medical personnel at the facility made to save him.

He said the deceased had told some of his classmates earlier in the day that he would kill himself due to the false allegation his mother had levelled against him.

Mr. Boateng noted that the mother of the deceased, on the morning, had come to the school to accuse the deceased of stealing her GH¢10, an allegation the deceased categorically denied.

According to him, the deceased confessed in the presence of some teachers that indeed he had stolen his mother’s money before but he did not have any knowledge about the latest incident.

In spite of that explanation, the teacher indicated, the mother insisted that her son had stolen the money and therefore castigated him in the presence of other pupils.

Mr. Boateng said the deceased remained quiet till school closed only for information to be passed around a few minutes later that the deceased had hanged himself and had been sent to the hospital.

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Man commits suicide over wife’s cash refusal

Amid the euphoria that greeted the successful take off of 13th West Africa University Games, WAUG, at the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Monday, the sudden death of the husband of a serving professor in the institution through suicide has thrown university community into mourning.

Sources in the university told Vanguard that the deceased, Olubunmi Olademo, who was married to a professor in the Religion Department of the university, reportedly committed suicide Tuesday evening.

Vanguard reliably gathered that Olademo reportedly hung himself at a bush in the Tanke area of Ilorin, the state capital, following the alleged failure of his wife to give him money for the completion of their family house.

Sources said the man reportedly left their rented apartment in Tanke after allegedly dropping a suicide note for his family, complaining about his wife’s alleged refusal to give him the said money he had earlier requested from her.

Before hanging himself, the deceased was said to have followed up on his suicide note by calling his wife on the telephone to inform her about his intention.

It was alleged that the wife, who was said to have been disturbed by her husband’s threats to commit suicide, however, reported the incident to the police in Tanke.

It was said that when Olademo did not come home same Tuesday night, a search party was organised to look for him without success, until one of his daughters remembered that she heard her father saying that he was going to the site of their uncompleted residential building at Oke-Odo area of Tanke.

The sources said it was at this juncture that the search party combed the area and discovered his lifeless body dangling from a tree where he hung himself.

The police were said have initially arrested the deceased’s wife but released her on bail yesterday.

Olademo’s corpse was deposited at the mortuary of one of the hospitals in the town for autopsy.

The state police command Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Dabo Ezekiel confirmed the incident, adding that investigations had already commenced.

Also reacting, Deputy Director, Information and Protocol of in the university, Dr. Mafouz Adedimeji confirmed the suicide story, but noted that the deceased died outside the university environment.

Meanwhile, about 3,000 athletes from various universities across West Africa are competing for trophies in the games that kicked-off Monday.

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12 years after horrific acid attack,33 yr old woman commits suicide(PHOTOS)

A Pakistani former dancing girl left fighting for life by a 'horrific' acid attack has committed suicide a decade after being heavily facially disfigured.

Fakhra Younus, 33, leapt to her death from a sixth floor building in Rome 12 years after the acid attack which she said left her looking 'not human'.

At the time of her attack in May 2000, her ex-husband Bilal Khar was the man accused of entering her mother's house and pouring acid over Younus's face as she slept.

The attack, which took place in front of Younus's then five-year-old son, left her unable to breathe and fighting for life.

Her nose was almost completely melted and she has since undergone 39 separate surgical procedures to repair her disfigured face over the past decade.

The horrific attack also burned off her hair, fused her lips, blinded her in one eye, destroyed her left ear and melted her br*asts.

After being rushed to hospital she said, 'My face is a prison to me', while her distraught young son said at the time, 'This is not my mother'.

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Nigeria Man, 35, Commits Suicide Over Mounting Debt

A 35-year old aluminium fabricator committed suicide on Monday in the Ajara Vetho area of the ancient town of Badagry.

Residents of the area told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Azeez Ibrahim hanged himself and his remains were found dangling from the hook of the ceiling fan in his living room.

Mr Jayeoba Joseph, spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, who confirmed the incident, told NAN on phone that the deceased left a suicide note.

Joseph said in his suicide note entitled “Iku ya ju esin”, meaning (Death is better than humiliation), the deceased said that he was indebted to many people, hence his decision to commit suicide.

``Please forgive me for committing suicide, but it is due to debt I owe people which I find difficult to pay,” said the father of three in the suicide note he left for his wife.

NAN reports that the family of the deceased had reported the incident at Badagry Police Station and had asked the police to release the corpse for burial, in accordance with Islamic rites.

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Even while I'm dying, I still want Facebook': Taiwanese woman, 31, kills herself live online on Facebook

Friends of a Taiwanese woman pleaded with her not to kill herself as she chatted to them live on Facebook, giving them a running commentary of her own suicide.

But not one of them alerted the authorities as Claire Lin, 31, told them she was inhaling poisonous fumes.

Police in Taipei said her final Facebook entries show her chatting with nine friends, describing her gradual asphyxiation.

One picture posted from her mobile phone shows a charcoal barbecue burning next to two stuffed animals. Another shows the room filled with fumes.

Police officer Hsieh Ku-ming said today that Miss Lin took her own life on her birthday, March 18. Family members reported the suicide soon after her death but were unaware of the online conversations that accompanied it.

One friend, identified as Chung Hsin, told Miss Lin: 'Be calm, open the window, put out the charcoal fire, please, I beg you.'

She replied: 'The fumes are suffocating. They fill my eyes with tears. Don't write me anymore.'

Her last words, written in Chinese, were: 'Too late. My room is filled with fumes. I just posted another picture. Even while I'm dying, I still want FB [Facebook]. Must be FB poison. Haha.'

Miss Lin's chilling messages indicated she was unhappy because her boyfriend was ignoring her, and had failed to return home to be with her on her birthday. He found her body the following morning and alerted her family.

Mr Hsieh said he regretted that none of Miss Lin's friends called the police for help during the 67-minute episode.

But he added: 'It could be true that it would be hard to track down a Facebook friend without her address or phone contact.'

Chai Ben-rei, a sociologist at Taiwan's Feng Chia University, said the incident reflected social isolation in the internet age.

'People may have doubts about what they see on the internet because of its virtual nature, and fail to take action on it,' he said.

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Schoolboy, 15, falls from 11 floors to his death in Dubai after tweeting friends

A British schoolboy has fallen mysteriously to his death from the eleventh floor of a building site after a night out in Dubai.

Harry Harling, 15, had been drinking at a party into the early hours of Saturday morning before becoming separated from his friends.

Police are still trying to work out how the rugby-mad year 11 pupil had ended up on the balcony overlooking the construction area in the city but are not treating his death as suspicious.

Harry, who had been living with his ex-pat family in the United Arab Emirates for nine years, left a cryptic trail of tweets in the hours leading up to his death.

Schoolboy, 15, falls 11 floors to his death in Dubai after sending 'F*** the system' tweet

Harry Harling had been drinking at a party with friends

A British schoolboy has fallen mysteriously to his death from the eleventh floor of a building site after a night out in Dubai.

Harry Harling, 15, had been drinking at a party into the early hours of Saturday morning before becoming separated from his friends.

Police are still trying to work out how the rugby-mad year 11 pupil had ended up on the balcony overlooking the construction area in the city but are not treating his death as suspicious.

Harry, who had been living with his ex-pat family in the United Arab Emirates for nine years, left a cryptic trail of tweets in the hours leading up to his death.

Happy: Harry Harling, 15, had been drinking at a party into the early hours of Saturday morning before becoming separated from his friends

In one he wrote: 'Beers and tanning with the lads justwhatIneed.'

But later he wrote: 'F*** the system.'

CID chief Major General Khalil al Mansouri confirmed he had left a party where he had been drinking

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The 10-year-old girl who died 'because she was too fat'

A severely obese 10-year-old girl died because she was too overweight, an inquest has heard.

Shannon Appleton-Gower, who had learning difficulties, was found not breathing in bed at home by her stepfather last November.

The inquest heard that Shannon died from acute cardio-respiratory failure, sleep apnoea and acute pulmonary hypertension - all caused by her weight.

But her stepfather, Dominic Stringer, said Shannon lived an active lifestyle.

He said: 'She was a bubbly character and although she was overweight, she was a very active girl.

'She was outgoing, she was not shy in any way and I would describe her as a bubbly, bouncy little girl.'

Shannon, who lived with her mother Susan, older brother and stepfather in Diss, Norfolk, was found dead shortly before 1am, on November 24, last year.

The inquest heard she was receiving medical help for her health problems and sleep disorders, related to her weight at the time of her death.

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105-year-old Russian Who Survived Two World Wars Commits Suicide

A 105-year-old woman who survived the Russian Revolution and two world wars has committed suicide.

Anastasia Khoreva told her family she was tired of waiting to die shortly before hanging herself, The Sun reported.

The pensioner, from Darsun, Russia, had been depressed after suffering a lung infection.

A family member said: “It’s a strange thing to do at her time of life but she used to say she was fed up with waiting for death – so she wanted to go and meet it.”

Last year experts warned the number of Russians committing suicide was dangerously high.

In 2010, the suicide rate was 23.5 per 100,000 people, the sixth highest in the world. It hit a peak of 42 per 100,000 during the 1990s, following the breakup of the Soviet Union.

A recent UNICEF report stated the country has the third highest suicide rate among teenagers aged 15-19 , with around 1,500 taking their own lives every year.

The highest rates are in neighbouring Belarus and Kazakhstan.

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Autopsy Reveals – Wole Olumide Did Not Commit Suicide, He was Strangled To Death

Late Egba chieftain, politician and architect, Apagun Wole Olumide did not commit suicide as is being circulated in media spaces but was rather strangled to death at the artificial lake beside the Golf resort Hotels, according to the result of an autopsy carried out by the family.

Apagun Olumide died on Friday in a manner that has been speculated as suicide, after excusing himself from his driver only to be found lifeless in the lake hours later. His remains, recovered by local divers, was intercepted by the Police on Saturday morning and later deposited at the morgue of the Neuropshychiatric Hospital Aro, Abeokuta.

However, divulging to us the details of the autopsy released on Sunday, a family source said the late right-hand man of former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, was strangulated to death.

“Information at my disposal reveal that the Egba High Chief, Chief Apagun Oluwole Olumide, whose mysterious death has kept tongues wagging, was actually strangled to death,” wrote the source, who discussed with us solely on the note of anonymity.

“According to the autopsy report just released this evening, and which is being kept secret by family members ahead of his planned burial, the late Apagunpote of Egbaland was strangled in the neck.”

Apagun Olumide was buried in his house at Ita-Eko, Abeokuta after a brief and dour ceremony attended by such dignitaries as former governor of the state, Chief Gbenga Daniel; former Power and Steel Minister, Alhaji Sharafa Ishola and other top government functionaries. He was interred at exactly 3:45pm.

Until his death, Wole Olumide, an architect, was the Apagunpote of Egbaland — a chieftaincy titled he held with glamour and was respected for. He was also the chairman of the hotly controversial Golf Resort Hotels, alleged to have been employed by the former governor to siphon state funds. And as a right-hand man of Daniel, he has been fingered in allegations of looting of Ogun State’s funds in past years and he has allegedly been implicated in the ex-governors hunt by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

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Suicide: The Apagun Olumide I knew, by Daniel

When two people quarrel it is not with the mind that one of them should die). That is the Yoruba adage on the lips of many heavy weights in Ogun State in respect of the death of Egba high Chief, Apagunpote of Egbaland, and chairman of Golf Resort Hotels said to have committed suicide, weekend

Immediate past governor of the state, Chief Gbenga Daniel, has also described the death of Chief Olumide as an irreparable loss to Ogun State and Nigeria. Daniel said:“On the death of Apagun, I do believe that our state and our country have lost an icon and a major promoter of tourism, entrepreneur and economic development of our people and of Egbaland in particular”.

His predecessor, Chief Segun Osoba, was so sad about Olumide’s death that he said: “It’s too much for me to bear now. It is not something I am ready to talk about. It is too much and most unfortunate. I leave everything to God.”

TO both ex-governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel and his predecessor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, the death of Apagun Oluwole Olumide, an Egba High Chief is a terrible loss.

The two men worked closely with the late Apagun in his tourism efforts when they held sway as governors of the Gateway State.

Daniel recounts association with Oluwole

According to Daniel: “In fact, I am tempted to rate Apagun as a modern day Lisabi or Sodeke when I consider some of his silent but very effective contribution to his immediate environment.

“As Governor, Apagun as he was fondly called, encouraged us to do a lot of work in Abeokuta. Together we conceptualised the development of Olumo Rock as an International Tourist Centre that it has become today. Together, we conceptualised and developed the new Lalubu Road as our own ‘Broad Street’ and commercial nerve centre in Abeokuta.

Late Apagun Oluwole Olumide and Otunba Gbenga Daniel

“Together, we conceptualised the new Abeokuta Central Business District, which we christened the Abeokuta City Centre and he actually designed and supervised the new OPIC Plaza, the tallest building in Ogun State and second tallest in the old Western region, next only to the Cocoa House in Ibadan.

“All these pale into insignificance when we evaluate his contribution to the development of Abeokuta Golf Course, the Waterfalls, Hotel and rather ironically the Artificial Lake, where Apagun died yesterday.

“For Apagun, the Golf project was his life probably in the last two decades or more, and through this project, he became the single biggest promoter of tourism in the state by the volume of high networth individuals that visited the state while it lasted. Nationally, Apagun designed the National Ecumenical Centre, rated as the best Christian Worship Centre in Abuja.

“On occasions like this, all we can do is pray that God in his infinite mercies will give the family the grace and fortitude to bear this great loss,” Daniel said in the statement.

Meantime, Chief Olusegun Osoba, also a former governor of the state and Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, chieftain, was among callers and sympathisers who thronged the golf resort where Olumide ended it all at the weekend.

Reacting, Osoba, who was ostensibly shocked, described Olumide’s death as “unfortunate”.

It’s too much for me to bear now. It is not something I am ready to talk about. It is too much and most unfortunate. I leave everything to God,” the former governor said. Family members, associates, policemen, fire fighters, officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and local divers were also seen at the place.

Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, the newly-posted Commissioner of Police in Ogun, who was also at the resort, confirmed the incident and said investigations were going on over the incident.

According to reports, the dead body of Olumide, a close associate of Daniel, was found in an artificial lake by local divers at a Golf Resort that he promoted.



Plunging into artificial lake



Olumide was said to have plunged into the artificial lake, shortly after returning to Abeokuta from the Lagos Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The deceased was also quizzed two weeks ago by EFCC operatives in connection with controversies surrounding some of his investments while the State Government had also ordered the demolition of Water Parks building in Abeokuta, belonging to Olumide.

The high chief, who was the lead consultant to the Abeokuta Business District project under the immediate past administration, was quizzed two weeks ago by operatives of the EFCC reportedly in connection with a controversy surrounding the hotel.

Before his ordeal at the EFCC, the deceased had a running battle with Governor Ibikunle Amosun who ordered the seizure of his investments and business interests.

Amosun had seized the 150-room Golf Place Hotel, Abeokuta, and revoked its Certificate of Occupancy, saying the land on which the edifice was built was illegally acquired.

The governor, who also revoked the title documents of the golf resort, took the decision following the recommendation of the Ogun State Judicial Commission of Enquiry on Land Matters headed by Justice Abiodun Akinyemi.

Amosun had also on his first working day ordered and supervised the demolition of Water Parks building in Abeokuta belonging to Olumide.

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Woman Kills Self And Shoots Kids After Being Denied Welfare

A mother who had been denied welfare benefits killed herself and shot her two children after a seven-hour standoff at a government social services office, police said.

The children, a 10-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl, were in critical condition Tuesday, Laredo police investigator Joe Baeza said.

The standoff began around 5 p.m. Monday afternoon. Baeza said the woman was speaking with two employees when she pulled out a gun and said she wanted to speak to a supervisor. When the supervisor arrived, he convinced her to let the employees go in exchange for keeping him.

Meanwhile, about 25 other people were moved to safety, police said.

Police negotiators stayed on the phone with the woman throughout the evening, but she kept hanging up. She let the supervisor go unharmed around 7:45, but stayed inside the office with her children. After hanging up the phone around 11:45, police heard three shots, and a SWAT team entered the building. Inside, they found her body and her two wounded children.

The 38-year-old woman had recently moved to the area from Zanesville, Ohio, about 30 miles east of Columbus, Baeza said. She told negotiators about a litany of complaints against state and federal government agencies. It sounded like she had been denied services several months ago, Baeza said, but it wasn’t clear what specifically triggered Monday’s standoff.

“This wasn’t like a knee-jerk reaction,” Baeza said, adding that the woman felt she was owed restitution of some sort.

The children were “very critical” and unconscious when taken from the scene, he said. Their names, along with the name of the woman, were not released by police.

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Maid Filmed During Beating Kills Herself

An investigation has been launched in Lebanon after an Ethiopian housemaid committed suicide a week after video was aired of her being dragged through the street and abducted.

Ethiopia's consul general said Alem Dechasa killed herself on Wednesday, a week after the LBCI television channel played amateur footage of her being lifted off the ground by her hair and forced head-first into a car.

The horrifying footage sparked national outrage in Lebanon.

The consul general, who saw Ms Dechasa on Tuesday, said she had been taken to hospital in order to recover.

The Lebanese cabinet condemned the violent incident and ordered an investigation into the matter before Ms Dechasa died.

But the campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling for a wider investigation into the ill treatment of domestic workers.

It also wants to know why there appeared to be no follow up into Ms Dechasa's case after she received hospital treatment.

HRW director for Beirut Nadim Houri said: "Obviously her death is a tragedy. What makes it a bigger tragedy is that we think it could have been prevented.

"Her case is not unique, unfortunately, in Lebanon. In the study released a year-and-a-half ago, we saw an average of one death per week of migrant domestic worker in the country, often they commit suicide, so it's a broader systemic issue.

"So first, we need an independent investigation into first the ill-treatment of this woman and, secondly, why she was not properly followed up when she was transferred to Deir al Salib to get proper treatment."

The video showed a second man helping a first one as he forced Ms Dechasa into the back of the car whilst she screamed: "No, no, no."

After the video was aired, LBCI used the car's licence plate number to identify one of the men.

Activists in Lebanon posted the man's contact information on social media sites and demanded he be sued by the courts.

Mr Houri said taking the case to court would help highlight the extent of the problem and its prevalence.

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Boy of 13 commits suicide

Residents of Ilobu in Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State were yesterday thrown into confusion following news that a 13-year-old boy, Yusuf Afees committed suicide. Passersby and sympathizers, who gathered around the tree from which the corpse of Yusuf was hung, wondered what would have prompted a 13 year old boy to commit suicide.

Yusuf was said to have left their house in Were area of Ilobu, where he lived with his parents on Monday night around 10pm, to buy some items, but did not return home.

It was gathered that his parents and other members of his family searched for him throughout the night, but did not find him, only to discover his lifeless body hanging on a tree the next day. According to his father, Mr. Fawole Afees , Yusuf, who was a student of Ridwanullah school, Ilobu, was a well behaved boy. He said he could not fathom what could have prompted him to commit suicide.

Mr. Afees said the late Yusuf was brought up to have the fear of God and love for others. He said as a Muslim, Yusuf always said his prayers. He lamented that less than a year ago, he lost one of his children.

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'I love you Daddy, goodnight': Last words of tragic schoolgirl, 14, who hanged herself

A 14-year-old schoolgirl has hanged herself after enduring two years of relentless bullying by her female classmates.

Eden Wormer, an eighth grade student at Cascade Middle School in Vancouver, Washington, committed suicide on Wednesday after her efforts at trying to fit in failed.

Her older sister Audri said Eden changed her appearance several times, dying her hair, tanning and getting contact lenses, to get the girls to stop harassing her.

But the teen begged her sister not to tell anybody about what she was suffering at the hands of the group of eighth grade girls because she was afraid it would get worse.

The bullying allegedly began when Eden was in the sixth grade, becoming more intense last year, and eventually tipping her over the edge.

Halfway through the seventh grade was when it started to get really bad,’ Audri told KATU News.

‘The bullying just kept getting worse, and I kept telling her I’m going to do something, I’m going to do something, and I should have done something.

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Hundreds gather to celebrate life of PC Rathband who killed himself after being blinded by Raoul Moat

Hundreds of people have gathered to honour the life of blinded Pc David Rathband at a cathedral service today.

Shoppers and well-wishers stood silently as the cortege carrying the brave policeman's coffin drew up outside St Nicholas' Cathedral in Newcastle at noon.

Mourners at the emotional service included Policing Minister Nick Herbert, actor Tim Healy and Northumbria Police chief constable Sue Sim

Pc Rathband's wife Kath, who he had separated from, did not attend the service.

However, she will be at the funeral in his native Stafford next Saturday.

Pc Rathband's twin brother Darren arrived in the hearse and got out and watched as the pall-bearers from each of the three emergency services brought out the coffin and carried it the short distance into the church.

Orange flowers down the side of the vehicle spelt out Pc Rathband's call sign - Tango 190.

Darren was joined by Pc Rathband's children Mia, 13, and Ashley, 19, in front of the cathedral door.

He gave them words of comfort before they followed the coffin inside, which was carried by six pallbearers from the police, fire and ambulance service.

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Policeman commits suicide

A police officer serving in Rivers State police command on Tuesday committed suicide in Port Harcourt.

Mr. Ben Ugwuegbulam, the command’s spokesman, confirmed this development, saying that the said officer shot himself on the chest, after he had shot and wounded an Inspector.

He said the late corporal and the inspector he shot were both on the same beat at the Platgeria Company on Plot 278, Trans Amadi area of the Port Harcourt metropolis.

Ugwuegbulam explained that the two were rushed to Teme Hospital, Port Harcourt, but the Corporal died later, having fought the hospital personnel while refusing treatment.

The spokesman said the Inspector was responding to treatment, while the AK-47 rifle used by the Corporal has been recovered.

Ugwuegbulam, who said that no misunderstanding was noticed between the officers before the incident occurred, added that the State Criminal Investigating Department was investigating the incident.

The late Corporal whose name Ugwuegbulam did not disclose was attached to “B” operations.

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Student Commits Suicide Over a divorcee.

DISTRAUGHT over persistent calls to end a relationship with a woman older than him, a third-year student of Bodwesango Senior High School in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti region has hanged himself.

Peter Akom aka Amakye, a General Arts student, took his life on Sunday night in his friend’s room at Bodwesango.

The tragic death of the 19-year-old has left his younger sister, Joyce Akom, 16, devastated as she continuously scratches her head for answers and blames their mother, Abena Nyamaa, for Peter’s death.

The boy’s body, which was hanging by a sponge from a ceiling made of wood, was discovered by his friend, who screamed to attract people to the scene around 7:00 pm.

This is the first case of suicide to have hit Bodwesango Senior High School that has maintained a low profile.

Abena Nyamaa, mother of the victim, stands accused of nagging her son over his relationship with a 26-year-old divorcee, Yaa Manu, leading to his death on Sunday night.

She was said to have raced to Bodwesango from Asikaso, a village in the area, to quarrel with her son on the day in question following misinformation relayed to her.

Abena Nyamaa said she was informed that Peter Akom was getting married to Yaa Manu without her knowledge and against her wish, but the information turned out to be false.

Instead, the ceremony turned out to be Yaa Manu’s apprenticeship graduation that was attended by Peter.

She admitted that she had warned her son to stay away from Yaa Manu, a hair dresser apprentice, but the boy would not listen despite his poor academic performance.

She therefore decided to embarrass the boy to stop him from seeing the divorcee, whom he was living.

But the boy, who felt embarrassed by the action that was the fourth in a series of arguments and petty quarrelling between mother and son, allegedly threatened to kill himself, and finally carried out his threat after the ceremony.

The boy was wearing boxer shorts and a singlet when his body, which has been deposited at the Bekwai Government Hospital morgue, was discovered, Chief Inspector Mensah stated.

Lover of the deceased, Yaa Manu, told news men that Peter took the extreme step because he was fed up with his mother’s nagging.

According to her, she and Peter had been in relationship for two years, but did not enjoy the blessing of Peter’s mother.

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