Man killed after leaping in front of metro train in Ghamra

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Mon, 08 Apr 2019 - 12:06 GMT

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People wait to board a train at Al Shohadaa "Martyrs" metro station, formerly known as "Mubarak", in Cairo, Egypt July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Lead: The emergency teams immediately moved to the station and removed the body from the rails, sa

People wait to board a train at Al Shohadaa "Martyrs" metro station, formerly known as "Mubarak", in Cairo, Egypt July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh Lead: The emergency teams immediately moved to the station and removed the body from the rails, sa

CAIRO – 8 April 2019: A 48-year old man was killed after he threw himself in front of an oncoming underground train in Cairo in Ghamra station, a metro official said, and the driver could not stop the train before running over him.

The emergency teams immediately moved to the station and removed the body from the rails, said Cairo Metro spokesman Ahmed Abdel Hadi, adding that the identity of the deceased could be determined.

He noted that the train movement was only delayed for six minutes.

Cairo Metro suicides have been common over the current and the last year, as several similar incidents have been witnessed, especially in July 2018.

Despite the officially reported efforts to train the drivers to be aware of any suicide attempts, usually the victims are much faster, making such incidents almost inevitable. Horrible footage has been unofficially published on YouTube showing such incidents.

“Metro is not a suicidal destination; this phenomenon incurs losses after each case of suicide,” Abdel Hadi said in September.

"The stations are not a place for psychologically disturbed people as they destabilize the lives of millions of citizens,” he added.

Despite the growing number of suicide cases reported in media, Egypt's official statistical agency CAPMAS said in August 2018 that self-harm cases in the past three years did not exceed 183 cases including 140 males and 43 females.

According to the agency, 80 cases are under 20 years old, while 67 others are under 40 years. However, CAPMAS said that over half a million citizens tried to commit suicide in 2015.





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