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Suicide Claims Another Falefa Resident

Written by Charlina Tone
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
A seventeen year old female of Falefa died as a result of suicide last weekend. She was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital. Dr. Penehuro Tapelu, who was on duty when the girl arrived, confirmed it was suicide and that she died before arriving to the hospital. Sources told Newsline that the girl was found by a relative at 12 pm and that the seventeen year old died by hanging. The source could not confirm any reason or motive behind the girl’s suicide, but Dr. Tapelu did confirm that a post mortem is now being carried out. This is the fifth case of suicide since the beginning of this year, according to Executive and Clinical Director of Faataua Le Ola (FLO) Ms. Ofeira Salevao Salevao adds that since 2004 there have been suicide victims from the village of Falefa, “in 2007, three people from the village of Falefa attempted suicide,” says Salevao. Salevao says that suicide is not one family’s problem and that village authorities and those that build up spiritual values within village communities should take this matter into serious consideration. “There is obviously a problem with Falefa regarding suicide, there is always a suicide victim from this village, we did try to run an intervention and prevention program in the village,” Salevao said. Comments (4) Subscribe to this comment's feed Tragedy written by davis, May 04, 2008 Is this the only outlet for the young....suicide or rioting?....The nucleus of our being is our family(Aiga), Church and then our Community. If these 3 support groups fail the young people, what can be expected from the police and government? ... written by GC, May 04, 2008 Is this the only outlet for the young....suicide or rioting?.... It's a pity kids and teens studying, reading books, playing marbles, igavea and tiddlywinks dont get much sensationalized press time which appeals to our emotions that enables those faulty conclusions. ... written by optimistic, May 05, 2008 umm is it not sad to think that young samoans resort to suicide as an answer to our problems...where is the failoku..does this mean the young samoan is more afraid of his/her brothers and aiga potopoto that God himself to actually take his/her own life..ummmm ... written by ddavis, May 05, 2008 GC.....unless these rioting and suicides are addressed immediately, we leave our children at- risk to be tomorrow's "sensationalized press".... Write comment Name Email Title Comment

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