STRANGE DEATHS

UNUSUAL WAYS OF SHUFFLING OFF THIS MORTAL COIL

In Barranquilla, Colombia, a five-year-old girl died after a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus fell on her in a park. The girl was playing with her older brother in a square in La Colechera Park in the El Silencio district when she tried to hug the 150kg (330lb) statue, but it was not fixed in place and toppled over, trapping her underneath. Emergency services and neighbours freed the girl, but she died of traumatic brain injuries before reaching hospital. Rafael Vaca, a city councillor, said that the figure had been in the park for six months, but that no one knew how it had got there. Metro; newsbeezer.com, 2 June 2021. Iran Khorramdin, 74, and her husband Akbar, 81, were arrested in Tehran, Iran, for drugging, killing and dismembering…

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