Cascade
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It's strange, since I've heard of so many different causes of deaths among Assyrians (car accident, terrorism, cancer, electrocution, heart attacks and even murder), but I have yet to hear of an Assyrian who has killed themselves. Maybe suicide is such a taboo among us, that their loved ones conceal the fact that the victim died from suicide?
In the early 2000s, we had an Iranian-Assyrian neighbour who lived by himself and seemed to be lonely, quiet and out of fashion. We were kids in the neighborhood. We didn't know if we should fear the guy or pity him. He just seemed really unusual. In the late 2000s, we heard of his tragic death. They said he was dead for a few days in his apartment. I think the neighbours complained about a stench coming from there. Anyway, they said he died of a heart attack. But I always doubted that.
You heard of Assyrians who committed suicide?
In the early 2000s, we had an Iranian-Assyrian neighbour who lived by himself and seemed to be lonely, quiet and out of fashion. We were kids in the neighborhood. We didn't know if we should fear the guy or pity him. He just seemed really unusual. In the late 2000s, we heard of his tragic death. They said he was dead for a few days in his apartment. I think the neighbours complained about a stench coming from there. Anyway, they said he died of a heart attack. But I always doubted that.
You heard of Assyrians who committed suicide?