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- Experts label domestic abuse-related suicides in the UK a scandal because only 6.5% are tracked, with up to 1,500 victims yearly.
- The Domestic Homicide Project recorded 98 suspected suicides in 2024, compared with 80 homicides.
- Many families report inadequate police investigations, often resulting in cases being dropped after a victim's death.
- Campaigners push a new law to classify these suicides as potential homicides and seek systemic changes.
