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NY Police: Saudi Sisters Likely Committed Suicide

New York City police say two Saudi sisters whose bodies washed ashore on Manhattan's Hudson River likely committed suicide. Dermot Shea, New York City Police Department chief of detectives, said Tala Farea, 16 and Rotana Farea, 23, were reported to have preferred suicide over returning to Saudi Arabia. Shea said the young women likely "entered the water alive." Their bodies were found duct-taped together, bound at their waists and ankles, police say. Based on...

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