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NewsWhore
07-04-2011, 01:50 PM
The Attorney General Office says there were more than 2,490 suicides in the DR between 2005 and 2009, the last year for which complete statistics are available. The National Statistics Office (ONE) says that 86.5% of suicides were by males. Some of the reasons cited in the report in Listin Diario include biological, psychological, economic, emotional and even religious.

The newspaper reports that six people are reported to have committed suicide in the past 72 hours nationwide. They include Jose Alberto Pena (49), Jose Altagracia Sosa Fernandez (45), Morales Perez (a 54-year old Haitian), Alexander Manuel Balbuena (30), Geraldin Alexandra Martinez (23) and Angel Manuel Pillier (48).

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