AN ETHIOPIAN housemaid left a handwritten noteclaiming she was sick and dying before hanging
herself from a palm tree in Hamad Town.
Buzunesh Zarihun Tadesse was discovered by her
sponsor at around 10pm on Monday.
Police later found the note in the 26-year-old’s room
written in Amharic (an Ethiopian dialect).
“The maid hanged herself on a palm tree using a
piece of cloth,” said Ethiopian community member G W Demmelash, who translated the note for the
police.
“The incident took place at 10pm but her sponsor
claims they tried to save her when they heard her
screams.
“She came to Bahrain only two months ago to work as
a housemaid for a Bahraini employer.”
Mr Demmelash said the note was addressed to Natu Zarihun Tadesse and said
he could take whatever she had.
“We don’t know who this person is or why she wrote the name in the note,” he
said.
“She is unmarried and we don’t know what her relation with the person is, but
we have provided all the information to police.
“We checked her phone and she called her family a day before she killed
herself.
“The reason is still unknown.”
Mr Demmelash said the maid’s family were in deep shock at her suicide and
were not aware of any sickness she had before she travelled to Bahrain.
“It’s shocking to know she took an extreme step and killed herself,” he said.
“We don’t know what her problem was, but she could have spoken about it.
“Her employer is also surprised, as he didn’t expect this from her.
“He told us that she was a good worker and everyone in the family liked her.
“She was accepted in the family and used to mingle with the other maid.”
Interior Ministry officials could not be reached for comment but sources
confirmed Ms Tadesse’s body had been taken to the Salmaniya Medical
Complex mortuary.
Ms Tadessse is the 15th person to have committed suicide in Bahrain this
year. The others include eight Indians, three Pakistanis, a Filipina, an
Ethiopian and a Chinese woman.
A total of 51 people committed suicide last year.
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