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Burari deaths

2010s in Delhi2018 in India2018 suicidesJuly 2018 events in IndiaJune 2018 events in India
Mass suicidesPsychosisSuicides in India

The Burari deaths were a ritual mass suicide of eleven family members of the Chundawat family from Burari, Delhi, India, in 2018. Eleven people were found hanged, while the oldest family member, the grandmother, was strangled. The bodies were found on 1 July 2018; in the early morning after the death. The police have ruled the deaths were motivated by shared delusion or psychosis.

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