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Domestic worker found hanged in Al Marj area
Name of domestic worker:
unknown
Nationality:
Bangladesh
Date of death:
Monday, July 15, 2013
Cause of death:
Suicide
Location's classification:
Home/Private location
"A 29-year-old foreign domestic worker was found hanging by the neck in her employer's East Lebanon home Sunday in an apparent suicide, state news reported.
The National News agency said the Bangladeshi woman used clothes to hang herself in the Zahle town of al-Marj. The report said the woman was a victim of human trafficking by a local tribe."
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