suicides claim three lives
Three people killed themselves and two others were rescued in five separate suicide incidents.
Police said a South African man, 21, swallowed up to 40 tablets in Chungking Mansions. They found him at 12.30pm and he was certified dead at the scene.
A woman, 41, and her pet dog were found dead at 2am at her Lok Shan Road unit in Hunghom after burning charcoal in the flat.
A 52-year-old man was found dead in a public toilet in Ting Lai Road, Tai Po, at 7am after he swallowed sleeping pills and lubricating oil. A note said he killed himself because of a love affair.
An officer talked down a man, 31, from a flyover in Fat Kwong Street in Ho Man Tin at 3am. A resident of a guesthouse in Shamshuipo was found unconscious in his bathroom beside burned charcoal. He was taken to hospital for treatment.
