A 28-year-old woman is reported dead in Mangochi after she committed suicide by hanging himself over marital problems.

Mangochi Police Public relations officer, Inspector Roderick Maida confirmed of the development in an interview with the press and identified the deceased as Siyileni Manuel.

According to Maida, the deceased quarried with her husband on Wednesday and she later committed suicide after husband left the house.

Postmortem results conducted at Monkey-bay community hospital revealed that Siyileni died due to suffocation.

Siyileni hails from Chembe Village in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Nankumba in the district.