A rare suicidal case of a ten-year-old child stabbing himself in the throat.
A rare case is reported of a ten-year-old boy who committed suicide by stabbing himself in the throat with a pointed knife. Possibility of an accidental injury was excluded by the autopsy findings; suspicion of a homicide by his father was cleared through the deposition of his sister. The reason of suicide was attributed directly to his father's severe scolding and indirectly to his mother's death two years before.
D002648:Child; D004947:Esophagus / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010614:Pharynx / Q000293:injuries*; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000293:injuries; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000473:pathology*