A 12-year-old boy was found dead at his house in Karachi, apparently as the result of a suicide.
The boy, identified as fifth-grade student Kabir, was found hanging by the neck by his father on the roof of the house in Ilyas Goth.
His neck had been tied to the water tank using his mother’s scarf. The parents rushed him to the hospital but his life could not be saved.
The hospital administration reached out to the police which has now began an investigation.
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