Paramaribo, Suriname, Dec 29, 2025 (AFP) - Man accused of fatally stabbing nine in Suriname committed suicide in jail: police

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2025-12-29

A man suspected of stabbing to death nine people, including five children, in Suriname's capital killed himself in jail, police said Monday. The 43-year-old attacker identified only by the initials D.A. hanged himself in a cell in a police station in the small South American country, police said in a statement. The man appeared to be suffering from mental health issues and four of his own children -- aged five to 15 -- were killed in the stabbing......

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