A Cambodian man murdered his ex-wife and then jumped off a bridge in a suicide that he broadcast live on Facebook, police said on Friday, in the first such case reported in the country.
Ra Chhay Rath, 21, killed his former wife at a school on Thursday then went to the nearby Tsubasa bridge, in Kandal province, and jumped into the Mekong river.
Only the suicide was broadcast, police said.
“It has never happened before. It was the first case,” said police spokesman Kirth Chantharith, referring to the broadcast of the suicide. “We are investigating to find out why he killed his ex-wife.”
Police said the man’s body had not been found.
