Suicide

Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending one's own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act.

Combination of killing and suicide

The combination of killing or murder and suicide can take various forms, including:

Related Topics:
Killing - Murder

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• Choosing a means of killing others which necessitates or is facilitated by one's own death, as in suicide bombing or suicide attacks
• Suicide in order to escape punishment after committing a severe crime (particularly murder) (e.g., Dunblane Massacre, Columbine High School massacre)
• A combined objective of suicide and murder
• Suicide as a form of self-punishment after an individual has committed a severe crime (particularly murder), often due to feelings of guilt
• Viewing one's suicide as the primary goal, but seeing a need to commit murder as a necessary corollary for a particular reason (e.g., to kill one's children as part of one's own suicide, to avoid their becoming orphans, or to be together in an expected afterlife)
• Joint suicide: killing another (or multiple others) with consent and later taking one's own life