Two commit suicide

Published July 14, 2003

ISLAMABAD, July 13: Two persons committed suicide here on Saturday, police said.

In the first incident, Shamraiz, 25, father of a minor girl, shot himself dead at G-9 Markaz due to financial crisis.

According to the police, Shamraiz, who worked as a guard for a private security agency, was married three years ago.

Likewise, Younis Massih, electrocuted himself by touching a high tension wire in Navel Colony, the police said.

The motive behind the suicide is yet to be ascertained.

The bodies were sent to hospital for autopsy.