Man tries to end life in toilet

Villagers in Papua New Guinea have rescued a man attempting suicide at the bottom of a bush pit toilet.

The man told villagers in Kalem, Western Highlands Province, that he wanted to kill himself because all his family members had died.

Naomi Elias said she got the shock of her life when she entered the toilet last Saturday. "I heard someone pleading: 'Please forgive me'," she said. "The pit opening was very narrow, so how he entered the hole and ended up in the pit is unbelievable."



Ms Elias said she first thought it may have been spirits or a sorcery trick and fled the scene in fear.

Residents demolished the toilet and found the man from Nipa village, Southern Highlands Province, lying inside.

Ms Elias ran to the nearby village of Timur to get a local journalist, who in turn took photographs. Kalem community leader Sak Murumaki said villagers pulled the suicidal man out with sticks and gave him money to return home.