EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD first year student of Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI), at Anna Regina, committed suicide by hanging himself with a piece of rope from a jamoon tree aback of Henrietta Village also on Essequibo Coast.The victim of the tragedy, known as ‘Vikash’, attended classes on Tuesday and returned home, where he lived with his grandmother, having grown up with her from a baby just after 16:00 hrs.
His death sent shockwaves across the commercial centre of the township, where many residents of the Anna Regina New Housing Scheme described the teenager as very quiet, kind and loving.
Several persons speculated that the teenager killed himself because of problems he was facing in a love affair.
Police ranks, who went to the scene, cut the corpse down from the tree and transported it to the Suddie mortuary and are continuing investigations into the circumstances.