Three suicide cases on Wednesday [February 20 2014]

In three separate suicide cases reported from Tangalle, Galle and Mankulam yesterday an elderly man, a woman and a teenage boy had died, the police said.

In Tangalle a 65-year-old man had shot himself in his house in Netolpitiya area yesterday afternoon.

The victim has been identified as Keerthi Premadasa Warnakula. The motive behind the act is not know. Tangalle Police are conducting inquiries.

In Galle a 17-year-old schoolboy had hanged himself using a mosquito net at his house in Ambagahawatta, Bope yesterday afternoon.

His body remains at Karapitiya Hospital Morgue. Galle Police are conducting inquiries.

A 21-year-old woman had hanged herself from tree in the compound behind her house in Nattandal area in Eruwil yestreday morning.

The victim a married woman had used a sari to hang herself. The reason to commit suicide was believed to be a dispute in the family. Mankulam Police are conducting inquiries.