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December 6, 2002



FROM CUBA

Two more suicides in Guines raise total to 62

GUINES, Cuba, Dec. 5 (Jose Izquierdo, Grupo Decoro / www.cubanet.org) – Two residents of this town in the province of La Habana recently committed suicide, bringing to 62 the number of suicides this year, according to a source in the Municipal Hygiene and Epidemology Center.

Omar Manresa, 40, shot himself with a .22 rifle while Omaida Izquierdo, 39, overdosed on an anti-allergy drug. Manresa was said to have been suffering mental problems while Izquierdo recently had a foot amputated.

The source said Guines has one of the highest suicide rates in Cuba.


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