Lankan woman commits suicide after quarrel on Skype
October 7, 2013 08:10 am
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Sri Lankan woman angry at seeing her husband drunk on Skype committed suicide
while talking to her husband in Qatar.The woman had been talking via video chat
to her husband, who is based in Qatar, and the couple were arguing over his
drinking habit before the incident, according to Emirates24/7.
The woman then turned the camera on herself,
ensuring that he could see her hanging herself, police sources said.
According
to an Emirates24/7 report, the woman had warned her husband that she would take
her life if he did not give up the booze.
When
seeing his wife making the suicide preparations on Skype, the unnamed husband
desperately phoned friends and relatives in the vicitiny of their Sri Lankan
home in a bid to thwart her suicide attempt, but the woman was dead before they
arrived.
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Police, who is investigating the case, contacted the husband in Qatar and has
obtained his statement, Emirates24/7 said. The police said the couple had been
frequently quarrelling on Skype over the husband’s drinking problem and had one
child together.
