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Man hangs self over HIV+ status

by Staff reporter
15 Apr 2014 at 06:36hrs | Views
Police in Manicaland are investigating another case where it is alleged that a man committed suicide after discovering that he was HIV positive.

Asst Insp Chananda said details pertaining to the incident were still unclear and investigations were in progress.

Suicide cases are apparently on the increase.

Last Monday, an HIV-positive man from Kwekwe committed suicide by hanging in protest over his wife's insistence on protection when being intimate.

It is alleged that Newman Ncube of Dieveld Farm, Sherwood, Kwekwe, took his life after his wife refused to have unprotected sex.

In February, a 20-year-old Marondera woman committed suicide by drinking poison after she was caught pants down with her husband's uncle.

In the same month, a 32-year-old Murehwa man also committed suicide after his wife threatened to abort a two-month pregnancy when he disclosed he was HIV-positive.

Source - The Herald
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