South Africa A man died of a gunshot wound to the head while playing Russian roulette with friends at a bar called the Lucky Lady on Christmas Eve. The thief known only as Henri then went to a nearby police station where he collapsed and died. In an act of despair extreme even by Romanian standards, a man killed himself because he could not afford a Christmas tree for his daughter. After an argument, he threw himself out a sixth-floor window. Very few Romanians can afford Christmas trees.
Most people buy evergreen branches, which are cheaper.
Four adults and five children were killed by the falling mass of snow. An internet suicide service sold cyanide capsules to several customers, at least one of whom managed to kill herself. He was a pharmacist. The impact knocked the cyclist into the flatbed of the pickup. Both the driver and a passenger were arrested after the body of the cyclist was discovered in the back.