Burari deaths

Burari deaths
LocationStreet 4
Sant Nagar
Burari, Delhi, India
Coordinates28°44′29″N 77°11′53″E / 28.74139°N 77.19806°E / 28.74139; 77.19806
Date1 July 2018
Attack type
Mass Suicide, Strangulation
Deaths11
PerpetratorsBhatia Family
No. of participants
11

The Burari deaths were a ritual mass suicide[1] of eleven family members of the Chundawat family[2] from Burari, Delhi, India, in 2018. Ten 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.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Bhandari, Hemani (16 July 2018). "Burari deaths: 11 bright people with one dark secret". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. ^ "Burari deaths: Family may have been suffering from 'shared psychosis'". 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Burari deaths: CCTV footage reveals more details of suicide plans". 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.