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Apartment explosion was ‘murder-suicide’


A Danish man is believed to have detonated a bomb in his apartment killing himself, his former partner and her father. Read the full story

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Police party suicide was former minister’s husband


A police officer who committed suicide at a work Christmas party was the husband of a former Finnish government minister, it has been revealed. Read the full story

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Police suicide after drink drive arrest


A Danish policeman committed suicide in his patrol car last week shortly after being arrested for drunk driving. Read the full story

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Failed suicide bomb attack in Denmark


Police in Copenhagen have arrested a man who attempted to blow himself up in a busy hotel in the city. His attempt failed, and he ran from the scene bleeding with minor injuries from an unexpectedly small explosion. Read the full story

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Desperate Danish soldiers attempt suicide after Afghanistan


tiredNine Danish soldiers have tried to take their own lives in the last 12 months since returning home from Afghanistan. Read the full story

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Finnish suicide rate reduced through social networking


suicideSuicide ratesCases of ending one’s own life in Finland have been reduced over the past decade by around aone -third. However, the country is still plagued with has the highest figures in the Nordic region’s highest rate of suicide. Read the full story

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Conference investigates high male youth suicide rates


arcticAn international conference held in Nuuk has sought to understand why so many young men in the circumpolar region take their own lives. Read the full story

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Swedish suicide rate declines through increased anti-depressant use


suicide-pillsAnti-depressants have been credited with saving hundreds of lives each year in Sweden as a new study shows the suicide rate has declined significantly. Read the full story

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Concerns increase over Greenland’s high suicide rate


suicideIncreasing concerns are being expressed within Greenland, the country with the highest suicide rate in the world. The rate in Greenland is 24 times that of the United States. Read the full story

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Televised assisted suicide reopens euthanasia debate


danish-flagDebate has raged in Denmark following the Sunday broadcast by TV2 of the story of Kaj Guldbech, a cancer sufferer who chose to end his life after living with an incurable case of pancreatic cancer. Read the full story

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