Cops probing suspected suicide of 15-year-old boy

The police are probing the suspected suicide yesterday of 15-year-old Ahren Singh. (Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story had a different name for the deceased.)

Singh is the son of the presidential candidate for The Citizens’ Initiative, Rondha-Ann Lam.

The incident is reported to have occurred at 2.45 pm at the boy’s residence at Triumph on the East Coast of Demerara.  The boy was found with a gunshot wound to the head, the police said.

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