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Authorities in Maine, United States, confirm the death of Robert Card, the suspected perpetrator of a mass shooting that killed 18 in Lewiston, with indications of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
2023-10-27

The United States CDC reports that the country recorded its highest number of suicides in 2022, with 49,449 people taking their own lives.
2023-08-11

The head of the Blagodarnensky District in Stavropol Krai, Russia, announces the death of Dmitry Lisitsky, commander of a battalion of the 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment who participated in the 2014 Battle of Ilovaisk. Ukraine says that he was killed in battle while pro-Russian sources say that he committed suicide.
2023-03-27

A court in Moscow fines Amazon, Inc. four million rubles (US$65,000) for failing to delete content on drug use and for "propagandizing suicide".
2022-10-18

Panamanian authorities seize North Korean bulk carrier "Chong Chon Gang" after a missile is found on board. The captain of the ship, which was en route from Cuba, attempted to commit suicide.
2013-07-16

Israel confirms that in 2010 it secretly imprisoned an Australian–Israeli man, known as Prisoner X, and that he committed suicide in custody.
2013-02-13

Manufacturer Foxconn closes a factory in Taiyuan in China's Shanxi province after a fight breaks out between thousands of workers.
2012-09-24

Cisco Systems announces plans to cut 11,500 jobs including transfer of a plant employing 5,000 people in Juarez, Mexico, to Foxconn. [https:--www.cnbc.com-id-43800031 (CNBC)]date=August 2019
2011-07-18

A prominent opposition journalist in Belarus, Oleg Bebenin, is found hanged; officials say he committed suicide.
2010-09-4

Foxconn increases the wages of the workers in its Shenzhen factory, where several employees have committed suicide, increases wages, by 20 per cent in an effort to boost morale.
2010-05-28