February 23, 2022

Wife Survives Murder-Suicide Attempt As Husband Takes His Life

By Newsroom

Thirty-one year old Vashti Seuraj-Sookram remains warded at the San Fernando General Hospital, after being chopped by her husband, David Sookram, on Monday night. 

The woman sustained wounds to the right wrist, left arm and back. 

The man later died by suicide, ingesting a poisonous substance after carrying out the attack at their home at Kanhai Road, Barrackpore.

The couple had been married for 14 years and have two children, ages 12 and eight.

Relatives say the couple had an argument last Thursday, and Sookram left the home.

Barrackpore police offi­cers Cpl Suliman, PCs Bab­wah and Singh responded, and Cpl Babwah is continuing investigations.

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