Woman hangs herself over family problems in Mangochi

A 28-year- old woman in Mangochi has died after hanging herself after complaing of family problems.

The death comes barely two days after a 20 year- old man was found dead in a rest house room on Monday as it is suspected that he killed himself after misappropriating 100 thousand kwacha from his bosses.

According to Mangochi Police Public relations officer, Inspector Roderick Maida the deceased identified as Siyileni Manuel picked a quarrel with her husband on Wednesday and the man left the house for Msaka fishing dock, taking along all the new clothes he bought for her.

Maida said when the husband left, the deceased hanged herself in her house and postmortem conducted at Monkey-bay community hospital revealed that Siyileni died due to suffocation.

The deceased hailed from Chembe Village in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Nankumba in the district.

Meanwhile, the police publicist has asked people in the district to seek advice when they encounter problems, saying rushing to commit suicide will not solve their problems.