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"Suicide" of domestic worker in Fanar
Name of domestic worker:
Doumal Jidara
Nationality:
Sri Lanka
Date of death:
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Cause of death:
Suicide
Location's classification:
Home/Private location
A migrant domestic worker presumably committed suicide yesterday by hanging herself in her employer's house in Fanar, North of Beirut. The nationality of the worker was not specified in the Arabic news brief below.
أفاد المندوب الأمني في "الوكالة الوطنية للاعلام" الياس شاهين أن المواطنة كارول جورج عشقوتي ادعت أن خادمتها المدعوة دومال جيدارا قد شنقت نفسها بحزام داخل منزلها أثناء غيابها عنه، في محلة الفنار في الطابق الثاني من بناية "البيما".
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