A man attempted to hang himself in Barre Denis on Sunday, two days after a distant neighbour, Goddard Albert, aka Debo died from suspected suicide.
Reports are that the man was stopped after he was discovered by his girlfriend’s younger sister with the rope, getting ready to carry out the act Sunday morning underneath a house.
“They had time to remove the rope from his neck,” a resident of the community said.
The man, who attempted suicide, is the boyfriend of a cousin of Goddard Albert.
Albert was found hanging by a rope underneath a house at around 1:45 on Friday, Dec. 26 after reportedly telling his mother in Canada about his suicidal intentions.
This is not the first time this year that a person on island had attempted suicide.
Earlier this year, a young woman in the southern part of the island was about to hang herself when a relative arrived just in time to cut her loose.
The island has been rocked by a series of suicides and attempted suicides over the past year with the majority of them being committed by males.
SNO will provide more information on the latest development as soon as it becomes available.