Malawi’s Kasungu school girl commits suicide

KASUNGU-(MaraviPost)-A 17 year old girl in Kasungu has committed suicide after a misunderstanding with her boyfriend.

According to Kasungu Police Station Public Relations Officer, Harry Namwaza, the girl, Memory Harrison, who was a Form 3 student at Chilanga Community Day Secondary School, had a quarrel with her boyfriend and on Wednesday, she was discovered hanging on a tree.

The death of the girl come bare few days after a woman in the same district also killed herself by drowning in a dam after holding a marital dispute with her husband.

Meanwhile, police in the country advising members of the general public to avoid committing suicide, whenever they have psychological challenges. But instead, they should resort to counselling and other psychosocial therapies.

Richard Kayenda

I hold a bachelor’s degree in languages obtained from Mzuzu University. Since 2016, I have been working for Maravi Post as a reporter of local news; particularly from the Northern Region of Malawi. My main news areas are politics, business, sports and many more. Besides reporting, I also write news analyses on current affairs just to share informed opinions on news that matter in Malawi. By now I have a five year practical experience in online news reporting and I look forward to growing more professionally while raising the bar of Maravi Post; in order to make it a household name, as we keep our readership informed, edutained and updated on a daily basis.