Number of suicides increases in one of Azerbaijani regions

Four people committed suicide in the Lankaran region of Azerbaijan in the first quarter of 2010, Rafig Gasimov, chief of the Centre of forensic medical examination and pathologic anatomy, told Trend.

"All four men committed suicide through hanging. The youngest of them was 18-year-old, the eldest - 47 year-old," Gasimov said.

No fact of suicides was observed at the same period of 2009.

According to Gasimov, the causes of the suicides are economic difficulties, family conflicts, psychological problems, drug addiction, unemployment and others.

Lankaran is located in 270 km from Baku.


/Trend/