105 suicides in Morang last year

Morang, July 20:

A total of 105 persons committed suicide in Morang district last year, according to the district police office.

Among them, 52 were women and children, DSP Bidhyananda Majhi said. Sixty-one persons hanged themselves to death, 38 committed suicide, three drowned themselves, two set themselves on fire and one killed himself by using a sharp weapon, the police said.