An American Citizen Kills Himself in a Taiwan Courtroom After Drug Sentence

41 year old Tyrel Martin Marhanka, had been a longtime resident of Taiwan and was sentence to 4 years in prison for the possession of poppy seeds and other narcotics and growing marijuana, which he said were for his own personal use.

During sentence the 41 year old American brought out a scissors that was hidden in a magazine

 bypassing the courtroom metal detectors and fatally stabbed himself in the neck.

The tragic incident happened moments after the judge sentenced the American man to 4 years in prison. The 41 year old American man yelled, “I don’t want to live anymore,” before drawing out two sharp metal objects and slashing his neck. 

He was rushed to a local hospital and died while doctors were trying to revive him. Tyrel Martin Marhanka is survived by his Taiwanese wife and their two young children.