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Suicides trebled in 2010
The number of suicides registered between January and September of this year has trebled compared to statistics of 2009.
7 October 2010, 12:00am
Rachel Zammit Cutajar
Rachel Zammit Cutajar
During 2009 no suicides were registered between January and March, two were registered in October, five in November and another two in December, nine in total.
This year a total of 35 suicides have been reported; one in January, three in February, five in March, two in April, three in May, one in June, three in July, three in August and five in September.
These statistics were revealed in Parliament by Justice Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici in reply to a question from Labour MP Charles Buhagiar.
Rachel Zammit Cutajar graduated in economics from the University of Malta...
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@Truth I think your comment is in extraordinarily bad taste, as we are here talking about people whose situation is in all likelihood one of such misery that they are driven to take away their own lives.
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You are wrong. These are only "perceived" suicides because according to the Prime Minister everything is perceived in Malta.
