Valentine's day suicide

[Passion]

A 16-year-old girl and her 17-year-old lover committed suicide in southern Bangladesh on Valentine's Day after the girl was forced to marry another man, police said Tuesday.

The bodies of Mitu Molla and Soud Sheikh were found with "each of their hands tied together with a scarf" after they jumped from a mobile phone tower in Gopalganj district, police inspector Sarojit Biswas said.

"They died on the way to a clinic. It appears that the teenagers, who are from two neighbouring villages, had a love affair and they chose Valentine's Day to kill themselves," Biswas told AFP.

He said Molla's family took her to a town 200 kilometres (120 miles) from her village two months ago and married her off to a man twice her age against her will after the affair with Sheikh became public.

Sheikh, a high school student in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, secretly returned to the village on Monday night to meet the girl, who had also gone back to visit her parents' home, Biswas said.

"Most probably the boy and the girl talked over mobile phones to decide on the suicide pact," he added.

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Your thoughts? I myself found it bittersweet (not that I'd want them dead). Reminds me of Romeo and Juliet's ending (which is why I found it bittersweet).

 

[Majora]

That's.. Very sad..

 

[FLCL]

Those two are ridiculous. Why kill yourselves... Just run away.

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[Cack]

Aww, that's sad. Why didn't they just run away? Suicide is a little extreme...

 

[Out Of Ctrl]

For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

Thats quite sad

 

[Narubro]

romeo and juliet

 

[YoItsJo]

That's horrible D: Kind of bittersweet, like you said, OP, but I kind of agree with FLCL and Cack: they could've went about that situation a little differently. Still, I hope they rest easy together.

 

[Lara]

That's sinister. Seriously. Just like FLCL said, they could've ran away

 

[icaka]

Run lol

 

[Necron]

Such a sad story... Her stupid parents should commit suicide instead...

and, people, don't say they could "just run away"... It's easier said than done... Bangladesh is not like US or Europe, were 2 minors could survive away from their family... U_U

 

[~Yubel~]

They probably had nowhere to run so they killed themselves and what better day for a couple commiting suicide having a scarf bonding them while they hold hands then valentines day?

 

[XZA]

thats horrible D=

 

[Out Of Ctrl]

That's sinister. Seriously. Just like FLCL said, they could've ran away

Well they probably looked at it in the long run, I mean you have to think about it they are from Bangladesh, a 3rd world country. Running away would mean you would have no place to live, no jobs, no family etc so they thought ending it would've been best :shrug:

 

[The Thinker]

That's sinister. Seriously. Just like FLCL said, they could've ran away

Aww, that's sad. Why didn't they just run away? Suicide is a little extreme...

Those two are ridiculous. Why kill yourselves... Just run away.

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Like They Said nd i Agree They Should Have Ran!

 

[Howard]

Those two are ridiculous. Why kill yourselves... Just run away.

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Aww, that's sad. Why didn't they just run away? Suicide is a little extreme...

Well running away was most likely out of the question. As the story said the boy was a student and the girl was just married to a man. This means most likely they had no money to run away. Also even if they could run away most likely someone would go looking for them. Reality hardly ever has a happily ever after...

 

[FLCL]

There's always somewhere to run. These two barely hit puberty and decide to make a choice to kill themselves lol. They could've done many other things and I don't find this sad at all. They basically gave up on their love.​

 

[JojocIaw]

It is a sad story but with a happy ending. I know you may hate me for this but sometimes no matter how far you run you can't escape reality. They decided that it was best for them to share something together and die together than to face a life full of sorrow and regret. I mean even if they would have run away the father may have chased her down and killed the guy and beat his daughter half to death and force her to marry. Better to die with someone you love in real life than slowly die inside for the rest of your life.

Young love is so crazy and irrational but one of the best times of a teenagers life.

 

[Howard]

There's always somewhere to run. These two barely hit puberty and decide to make a choice to kill themselves lol. They could've done many other things and I don't find this sad at all. They basically gave up on their love.​

O_O Lets run to that abandoned shed on the edge of town where we can live off of garbage until your husband and a few of his friends come beat the hell out of me and take you back to his place..

Point being there isn't always a place to run to that is safe and an all around good idea.

 

[FLCL]

O_O Lets run to that abandoned shed on the edge of town where we can live off of garbage until your husband and a few of his friends come beat the hell out of me and take you back to his place..

Genius Farmer Genius

Nah let's give up and kill ourselves because obviously our love isn't worth fighting for.​

 

[Xylon]

However you may put it, but dieing is a cowards path. Its not like they didnt had other choices, they were just scared to face their obstacles. I find this quite pitiful actually .-.