Man hangs himself on Al Ain road

A 24-year-old Asian man wrapped his neck with a rope and tied it to a tree in the middle of a road in the eastern oasis town of Al Ain before jumping to death.

Shocked passers-by phoned the police after they saw the body dangling by the tree on the road in Sarooj area in the town.

Police and ambulances rushed to the site but found the man was already dead. Newspapers said police opened an investigation into the incident.