Ethiopian Maid survives 4-story suicide leap in Beirut, Lebanon [Video]

Ethiopian woman survives four-story suicide leap in Beirut 

Ethiopian maid survives 4-story suicide leap

By The Daily Star,

Ethiopian Woman threw herself Monday from a fourth floor Beirut apartment and survived what appeared to be a suicide attempt.

Videos uploaded online show the woman leaping from a window as spectators let out screams. The incident occurred in capital's Moseitbeh neighborhood near Lebanese International University.

The woman slammed into a car, shattering its windshield and smashing its roof, which may have saved her life, according to television footage from the scene of the incident.

Media reports said the woman's condition was not life threatening.

The incident comes less than a week after a maid leapt to her death in south Lebanon.

About 200,000 foreign domestic workers work in Lebanon under the much-criticized sponsorship system, which bounds the maid to the employer.

Human Rights Watch and other organizations have called on Lebanese authorities to address the "high levels of abuse and deaths" of maids in the country.

HRW in 2008 recorded an average of one maid death a week in Lebanon by unnatural causes, including suicides.

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