A woman in Hong Kong was killed when a woman committing suicide by jumping from a building landed on top of her, police said.
The woman was walking along the street in the city's Chai Wan district at 10 am (0200 GMT) when another woman threw herself from a high-rise apartment block above her.
The woman who jumped was certified dead at the scene while the other woman, understood to be a foreign domestic helper, was seriously injured and died later in hospital, a police spokeswoman said. The identities of the two women were not immediately available.
Jumping from high buildings is the most common method of suicide in high-rise Hong Kong, where an average of around three people a day take their own lives.
In December 2010, a 59-year-old man jumped to his death from a 19th-floor flat and landed on a 68-year-old man, killing him.
The following December, a Hong Kong policeman was seriously injured when a suicidal 81-year-old woman landed on top of him. The woman survived.
Woman killed as suicide jumper lands on her
A woman in Hong Kong was killed when a woman committing suicide by jumping from a building landed on top of her, police said.
The woman was walking along the street in the city's Chai Wan district at 10 am (0200 GMT) when another woman threw herself from a high-rise apartment block above her.
The woman who jumped was certified dead at the scene while the other woman, understood to be a foreign domestic helper, was seriously injured and died later in hospital, a police spokeswoman said. The identities of the two women were not immediately available.
Jumping from high buildings is the most common method of suicide in high-rise Hong Kong, where an average of around three people a day take their own lives.
In December 2010, a 59-year-old man jumped to his death from a 19th-floor flat and landed on a 68-year-old man, killing him.
The following December, a Hong Kong policeman was seriously injured when a suicidal 81-year-old woman landed on top of him. The woman survived.
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