The shock of suicide tragedies among teenagers

FRANCISTOWN: The recent suicides of five young people who hanged themselves in Masunga over a period of one month have left many people dumbstruck.

No one knows why these young people - four men aged 18 and a woman aged 20 - decided to end their lives.

There has not been any reason advanced to explain these human tragedies. Residents are still reeling in shock and they are having difficulty in coming to terms with the suicides.

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