Girl, 10, commits suicide after scolding

A 10-year-old girl has reportedly hanged herself after she was scolded by her mother for misbehaving.

The girl (name withheld for now) was pronounced dead on arrival at the Amasaman government hospital where distressed relatives had rushed her.

The deceased hanged herself on a mango tree in the forecourt of the house, located at Soldiers camp, a suburb of Amasaman in the Greater Accra region in the evening of Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Confirming the incident on Friday May 17, 2013 edition of Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem morning show, Maxwell Osafo Marfo, the taxi driver who conveyed the deceased and some members of the family to the Amasaman hospital said there visible marks on her neck, indicating that she might have died from hanging.

Mr Marfo said a report has since been made to the Amasaman police, who have commenced investigations.