{"id":301045,"date":"2017-03-11T18:01:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T18:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=301045"},"modified":"2017-03-11T18:01:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T18:01:08","slug":"driver-commits-suicide-in-half-assini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/driver-commits-suicide-in-half-assini\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver commits suicide in Half-Assini"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 30-year-old driver, James Ayiem, at Half-Assini in Western Region has allegedly committed suicide.<\/p>\n

He was found hanging on a mango tree with a twine near the Presbyterian Church at Peace Town, Half-Assini around 0600 hours on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Jomoro District Crime Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Charles Mensah, told the GNA on Saturday.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”lZD0WbDQtoty5IOG1tSU9D2r2VjrUuJ8″]He indicated that residents of the area woke up to the sad event and raised the alarm.<\/p>\n

According to the Crime Officer, his car owner Mr Vincent Buah, and one Zakali Alhassan reported the incident to the Police.<\/p>\n

He said the body had since been deposited at the Half-Assini Government Hospital morgue pending autopsy and investigations.<\/p>\n

ASP Mensah said no arrest had so far been made.<\/p>\n

A number of people besieged the scene of the incident and mortuary to catch glimpse of the body.<\/p>\n

Four other suicides<\/strong><\/p>\n

This suicide case follows similar ones that occurred at New Tafo<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in the Eastern Region, the University of Ghana<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Kwame Nkrumah University<\/strong><\/a><\/span> of Science and Technology and Achimota<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

About four suicide cases have been recorded in different parts of the country within the last three weeks.<\/p>\n

Invest in mental health to reduce suicides \u2013 Dr Osafo\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

A clinical psychologist and suicidologist at the University of Ghana, Dr. Joseph Osafo, has bemoaned the lack of support for mental health related issues in the country.<\/p>\n

According to him, this situation has contributed to the increasing trend of suicide in the country.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: citifmonline.com with additional files from GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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