Syrian interior minister commits suicide

[Bro. Curtis]

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DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan committed suicide in his office on Wednesday, officials said, three weeks after being questioned by a U.N. team probing the assassination of Lebanon's Rafik al-Hariri.

About an hour before Kanaan killed himself, he gave a radio interview and ended it by saying his statement might be the last he would make.

Kanaan's suicide came before a report due next week by the U.N.'s chief investigator on his inquiry into the February killing of Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister.....

 

[Ben W]

Sad, no matter how bad things are, there always should be hope, even for the most desperate.

 

[Plain Old Bill]

Based on what he may have said he could have commtted suicide to escape torture.

 

[Bro. Curtis]

That's what I was thinking.