Shafaq News- Mosul
Four people, three young women and one young man,attempted suicide in separate incidents across northern Iraq’s Nineveh provinceon Monday, a security source told Shafaq News.
Three cases were recorded in Sinjar district, where ayoung woman from Al-Shuhada neighborhood ingested a quantity of medication,another sustained severe burns after dousing herself with kerosene and ignitingit, while a third from the Tal Qasab residential complex used gasoline to dothe same.
In the fourth case, a young man from Mosul’sAl-Arbajiya neighborhood on the city’s eastern side attempted to hang himself.
All four were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment,with two of the young women remaining in intensive care due to severe burninjuries.
The motive behind the incidents remains unknown, and authoritieshave not issued an official statement.
A 2025 report by Iraq’s Ministry of Labour and SocialAffairs found that the country records an average of 55 to 70 suicides eachmonth. Annual cases increased from about 1,100 in 2022 to nearly 1,500 in 2024.
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