Pupil commits suicide after impregnating 50 year old woman

A grade nine pupil aged 21 years in Muchinga Province has committed suicide after impregnating a 50 year old woman.

 

 Police Spokesperson Elizabeth Kanjela said the deceased who has being identified as Sunday Sichone is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself using a school necktie which he tied to a pole in his hut.

 

Ms Kanjela said this was after people started laughing at him for impregnating a person who was twice his age with grandchildren.

 

She said the incident happened yesterday, April 2 around 06:00 hours at Ilenga Village in Nakonde district.

 

Ms. Kanjela disclosed the development in a media statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today.

 

She said the deceased has since being buried.