Tamil youth commits suicide after losing means to support family

Atchuthan Sivasubramaniyam, a 25 year old who was the sole earner supporting his parents and 3 siblings, committed suicide on Wednesday, after struggling to maintain a lease hold on a lorry that helped provide for his family, reports the Uthayan.

Sivasubramaniyam’s lorry was violently repossessed by t leasing company before the incident occurred.

The latest suicide comes as residents in Jaffna were forced to attend a ‘suicide prevention event’ organised by the Sri Lankan military last week, on Wednesday.

WHO report ranks Sri Lanka has having 4th highest suicide rate (05 September 2014)
 
Suicide rate in Jaffna increases since end of armed conflict (20 August 2014)

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