Iraq takes action to reduce suicide rate in the country
Iraq's Interior Ministry wants to build fences around bridges to prevent suicide attempts.
The Iraqi Interior Ministry wants to build fences around the bridges of the capital city of Baghdad in order to reduce the increasing number of suicide attempts. The ministry submitted a proposal in this regard on April 15 with the support of Baghdad Provincial Council president Riyad al-Adadh, who described the project as “a viable and feasible idea.”
The proposal recognizes the increasing suicide rate in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities at a time when the news of suicide makes headlines on an almost daily basis.
A security source reported April 29 on the condition of anonymity that a river rescue force rescued a young woman who tried to throw herself from al-Jadriyah Bridge in central Baghdad. A 46-year-old woman immolated herself April 29 in Nasiriyah in the center of Dhi Qar province. A day before, a man had tried to commit suicide by throwing himself from al-Joumhuriya Bridge in central Baghdad. Also on April 28, a young man committed suicide by hanging himself in his tent in a refugee camp east of Kirkuk. A Kurdish judge in the Kurdistan Region, Subhi Abdellay, shot himself live on Facebook.
Ali al-Bayati, spokesman for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Baghdad, revealed to Al-Monitor official statistics that his office obtained from government agencies and field surveys.
