South East Police Region spokesperson, Edward Kabango, has confirmed the death of a 15 year old, Elishama Dunken, who allegedly committed suicide by hanging in his parents’ house in Thyolo.

Elishama, who was a standard seven leaner at Chididi primary school in the district, was left home alone by his relatives

Kabango said the deceased was found hanging by his sister who was sent back home from school due to improper dressing.

Postmortem has yet to be conducted.

He hails from Maida Village, Traditional Authority (TA) Kapichi in the district.