En India se pierden vidas inocentes debido al dolor no aliviado

El pasado 2 de junio, un niño de nueve años de edad murió a manos de sus padres a causa de la desesperación de estos por poner fin al dolor no aliviado del pequeño. Más tarde, los padres se suicidaron. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

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On 2 June a nine-year-old boy died at the hands of his parents as a result of their desperation to end his unrelieved pain. The parents then committed suicide.

The 2 June edition of The Times of India reports on the death of nine-year-old Karthik at the hands of his parents while in a hospital at Kanhangad in Kasaragod district, where the boy had been undergoing treatment.

The incident came to light when the staff nurse went to the room where Karthick had been admitted and found the boy hanging from a window. The bodies of his parents were found hanging from the ceiling fan.

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