Teenage rape victim hangs herself in Thailand

A ninth-grader was found hanging at her home in Lampang’s Sop Prab district, a few days after a teacher, who was arrested in Pathum Thani for allegedly raping her over the past five years, hanged himself last Saturday.

The 15-year-old girl’s mother said her daughter appeared distraught after Phayonsak Udom was arrested last Friday. “I keep her under close watch and she hanged herself in the 15 minutes I spent outside,” she added.

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