Police in Ntchisi district in the central region of Malawi says a 50 year old woman has committed suicide for allegedly suffering from cancer disease for a very long time.
The suicide which police suspect to have occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday this week, found the deceased hanging in a tree.
Police have identified the deceased as Selina Zamtima of Kankowe village in the area of Traditional Authority Nthondo in Ntchisi.
Sergeant Gladson M'bumpha, Ntchisi Police Public Relations Officer, while confirming the suicide said the woman was diagnosed with cancer long time ago.
"The deceased has been suffering from cancer for along time and she has been admitted to Ntchisi District Hospital for several times." confirmed
Sergeant M'bumpha indicated that the woman has been critically ill and week so that her husband had on 11 August 2015, taken her to a traditional doctor at Khadani village for further assistance.
However, the Ntchisi Police PRO indicated that the deceased never get any treatment from the traditional doctor and that on August 18th 2015 at around 8pm she went missing only to be discovered hanging up in a tree.
M'bumpha said postmortem conducted by a medical officer revealed that death was due to suffocation and no foul play suspected.
He also indicated that the incident took place at Khadani village in the area of Traditional Authority Chikho in the district.
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