Prisoners Attempt Suicide

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  Russian Professor Who Butchered Girlfriend, Attempted Suicide In Jail: Lawyer

  Sokolov, who is in prison, tried to kill himself on Friday when he was taken to his flat by investigators carrying out a reenactment of the crime, his lawyer Alexander Pochuyev told AFP.

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  Rajasthan Undertrial Prisoner Chops Off Genitals With Blade, Hospitalised

  An undertrial prisoner chopped off his genitals in a suicide attempt in Rajasthan's Barmer district on Tuesday, a jail official said.

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  Syrian Refugee In Germany Tried To Make A Bomb Before Suicide: Report

  A Syrian refugee who committed suicide in prison after being arrested on suspicion of planning an attack on a Berlin airport experimented with chemicals in August in an attempt to make a bomb, a magazine reported on Friday.

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  Soldier Who Passed Classified Files To Wikileaks To Be Sent To Solitary Confinement

  U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning, serving 35 years in prison for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, was ordered to spend 14 days in solitary confinement as punishment for attempting suicide and keeping a banned book in her cell, supporters said.

• Human Rights Activist Irom Sharmila Released From Prison

  A local court today rejected charges of attempt to suicide against rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila by her indefinite fast for 14 years demanding repeal of AFSPA and ordered her immediate release from custody.

• Taiwan's jailed former president Chen Shui-bian attempts suicide, say officials

  Taiwan's imprisoned former President Chen Shui-bian tried to kill himself but was stopped by guards, the Justice Ministry today.

• Iraq 'Qaeda' inmate in prison suicide bombing bid

  An alleged Al Qaeda inmate in a Baghdad prison detonated explosives in an attempted suicide bombing on Wednesday, wounding four people and badly injuring himself, officials and a prisoner said.

• Three prisoners attempt suicide in Andhra Pradesh jail

  Three under-trial prisoners allegedly attempted suicide in the sub-jail in Machilipatnam, police said on Friday.

• Former Romania Prime Minister shoots self after court's sentence

  Romania's former Prime Minister shot and wounded himself on Wednesday in an apparent suicide attempt, hours after the country's highest court ruled that he must serve a two-year prison sentence on corruption charges, the country's current Prime Minister said. Media reports said he had shot himself in the neck.

• Six prisoners attempt suicide in jail

  Six undertrials in a Bihar jail attempted suicide on Monday to protest against alleged high-handedness by jail authorities, police said.