Cairo: A woman immigrant from Egypt had jumped from the ninth floor of the building, as per the local media reports, following a rise in suicide cases in the country.
The Egyptian woman was in her 60s, and she had thrown herself from the building and died on the spot on location in the area of Al Farwaniya south of Kuwait city.
Her dead body was immediately taken from the site as police are also investigating the matter and circumstances surrounding the suspected suicide death.
As per the paper, the police of Kuwait registered the incident as a suicide case upon the prosecutor’s orders.
In recent months, Kuwaiti media has reported a series of suicide deaths and attempts.
According to official figures, forty-one suicide cases and 43 suicide attempts were registered in 2021 in Kuwait, a country of nearly 4.6 million people, mostly foreigners.
Last October, Kuwaiti sources stated immigrants attempting suicide face eviction after a reported rise in such bids in the country.
“The Interior Ministry has issued clear and straightforward instructions to security men to deal firmly with these cases,” a source was quoted by Tribunal Community as saying at the time.
As per the media reports, Kuwait has boosted their security on the Sheikh Jaber Causeway, which is the world’s longest bridge, especially after increased suicide attempts on the site.
Moreover, a case of suicide has been registered on the orders of the Public Prosecution.
The remains have been referred to Forensics. Police are investigating the incident.
According to reports, suicide cases in Kuwait have increased, especially after coronavirus.
Since late February, forty suicide cases and 15 failed attempts, mainly among Asian expatriates, have been recorded in Kuwait.
Examinations into the majority of cases have disclosed that those who committed suicide had experienced psychological and economic troubles due to threatening financial circumstances after their employers stopped paying them as a result of economic fallout from the coronavirus-related measures.