By Rahma Diaa, Aswat Masriya When they found him, the lifeless body of the 12-year-old schoolboy was dangling from the rooftop of a building on a sweltering summer day. Soon it became known that his shocking death was no accident. On July 3, 2015 Aly (not his real name) wound a clothesline around his neck and ended his life, apparently afraid of how his father would react when he learns that he got into a fight with their neighbour’s children. His father confirmed in a police report that the son killed himself out of fear of punishment and did not suspect that a criminal act had taken place. This was how one child’s short life ended this year but it wasn’t the only young life tragically nipped in the bud. According to a recent report by The Egyptian Foundation for the Advancement of Childhood Conditions (EFACC), 44 Egyptian children have committed suicide in 2015. The report was based on media reports of incidents of child suicide which the foundation studied closely to get a deeper understanding of what drives children to end their lives too soon, Nesma Aly, who runs the EFACC’s media unit, told Aswat…
44 Cases of Egyptian Child Suicide Since January, ‘Psychological Issues’ Main Cause
November 28, 2015
