Quick Hit: Suicide on the train tracks in Britain.

One third of the suicides that occurred in Great Britain in the last year seemed to have been committed on the train tracks. Importantly, the part of the tracks where the majority of these suicides are happening runs through West London is a predominantly Asian community.

“Suicide on the railway is a national issue and is a terrible tragedy for all involved, including crews. First Great Western has seen a number of suicides on the main line in an area west of London. Victims may come from the communities where lines run through,” a spokesperson for the train company was quoted as saying.
According to figures, 80 out of the 240 rail suicides last year were on the lines into Paddington, west London. These pass through Slough, Southall and other areas with large Asian communities and carry one tenth of the rail traffic.
Meanwhile, a women’s rights organisation, Southall Black Sisters, has claimed that domestic violence are forcing more and more Asian women in Britain to commit suicide on railway tracks.
“The high instance of Asian women suicides is linked to abusive practices within Asian families. There is a correlation between these suicides and violence in homes. Psychiatric research has shown there are rarely cases of mental disorders in these cases, suggesting they are the result of social circumstances. These women are often isolated and find it hard to escape,” Hannana Siddiqui from Southall Black Sisters, was quoted as saying.

That is pretty upsetting.
via Times of India.