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Girl (15) commits suicide over cellphone
10 Apr 2013 at 04:40hrs | Views
A 15-year-old Esigodini girl committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree outside her home when her mother withdrew her cellphone from her so that she could concentrate on studying, police said yesterday.
The incident happened on Sunday at around 10.15am.
Matabeleland South provincial spokesperson Assistant Inspector Christopher Ngwenya identified the girl as Nokulunga Sibanda of Nonkwane Village in Esigodini under Chief Mabhena.
He said the girl's mother, Mrs Beatrice Sibanda feared that the continuous use of a cellphone would distract Nokulunga from focusing on her school work.
"On 6 April at around 8pm, Mrs Sibanda withdrew a cellphone from her child Nokulunga, alleging that it was disturbing her from concentrating on her studies after which they retired to bed," said Asst Insp Ngwenya.
He said the following day at around 10am, Nokulunga's sister, Ms Leticia Sibanda, also advised Nokulunga not to be worried about the cellphone but instead concentrate on her school work.
Nokulunga is believed to have been angered by the fact that she was denied access to the cellphone and proceeded to kill herself a few minutes after talking to her sister.
"It seems this issue of cellphone did not go down well with Nokulunga who then hanged herself from a tree branch at around 10.15am while her sister was busy cooking in the kitchen," he said.
The matter was reported to the police who attended to the scene.
The body was taken to the United Bulawayo Hospitals for a post-mortem.
The incident happened on Sunday at around 10.15am.
Matabeleland South provincial spokesperson Assistant Inspector Christopher Ngwenya identified the girl as Nokulunga Sibanda of Nonkwane Village in Esigodini under Chief Mabhena.
He said the girl's mother, Mrs Beatrice Sibanda feared that the continuous use of a cellphone would distract Nokulunga from focusing on her school work.
"On 6 April at around 8pm, Mrs Sibanda withdrew a cellphone from her child Nokulunga, alleging that it was disturbing her from concentrating on her studies after which they retired to bed," said Asst Insp Ngwenya.
Nokulunga is believed to have been angered by the fact that she was denied access to the cellphone and proceeded to kill herself a few minutes after talking to her sister.
"It seems this issue of cellphone did not go down well with Nokulunga who then hanged herself from a tree branch at around 10.15am while her sister was busy cooking in the kitchen," he said.
The matter was reported to the police who attended to the scene.
The body was taken to the United Bulawayo Hospitals for a post-mortem.
Source - TC
