A 21-year old Fulani, Alpha Bah, yesterday attempted committing suicide when he jumped off the Gabriel Tucker Bridge in Monrovia on grounds that his father no longer loves him and being stigmatized by his peers in the community as a rogue.
After his rescue by some passers-by, Alpha said he decided to kill himself because he was accused of stealing a cell phone belonging to his father's friend and was subsequently taken to a police station for detention.
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