Five commit suicide on Feb. 1

JAKARTA: The police were busy on Sunday as five people reportedly committed suicide across the city on the Islamic Day of Sacrifice, or Idul Adha.

No information was immediately available on what might have motivated them to take their own lives.

Bram, 41, a resident of Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, was found dead in a hotel room in Mangga Besar, Central Jakarta, on Sunday afternoon. An insecticide spray was found on the bedside table.

A resident of Tangerang, Aji, was found dead in his bedroom at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, while Noli was found dead outside his home in Cimanggis, Depok. Both were in their 60s.

Later in Pancoran, South Jakarta, an unidentified man was found dead beside a railway. A witnesses told the police that the man had been seen approaching a moving train.

The last case was that of a man identified as Ahmad, 32, a resident of Cilandak, South Jakarta. According to neighbors, Ahmad committed suicide at about 10 p.m. --JP