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A policeman kills six people, including his wife, and injures two others during a killing spree in Kabete, Kenya, before committing suicide.
2021-12-7

A judge in the United Kingdom blocks the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, citing that it would be "oppressive" to his mental health and also cites the likelihood of Assange committing suicide if he is sent to the United States. If convicted in the United States, Assange could face up to 175 years in prison. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that his country is willing to provide political asylum to Assange.
2021-01-4

Prominent New York LGBT and environmental lawyer David Buckel commits suicide by setting himself on fire with petrol in Prospect Park. He leaves and circulates a suicide note indicating his death is in protest against the use of fossil fuels.
2018-04-15

"Journal of Adolescent Health" publishes research from the University of Texas at Austin implying that transgender youths have a much lower risk of suicide when they are permitted to use their own chosen names.
2018-03-30

Renowned Japanese scientist Yoshiki Sasai commits suicide, after the discrediting of certain experimental results he supervised, regarding stem cells.
2014-08-5

Prominent French lawyer Olivier Metzner is found dead of an apparent suicide.
2013-03-17

United States nurse William Francis Melchert-Dinkel is convicted of aiding the suicides of an English man and Canadian woman.
2011-03-15

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

Foxconn holds employee rallies in a bid to stem the recent huge increase in suicides by its employees.
2010-08-18

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