Top German Minister Commits Suicide, Was Worried Over Containing Economic Fallout Of COVID-19 Pandemic

In a major setback for Germany in the midst of its pursuit to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Finance Minister of its Hesse State, Thomas Schaefer, has committed suicide, supposedly after he was overwhelmed by the worries on how to contain the economic fallout of the pandemic, reports Hindustan Times.

Aged 54, Schaefer was found dead near a railway track in Germany on Saturday (28 March). Making the development public, Hesse State's premier Volker Bouffier said, "We are in shock, we are in disbelief and above all we are immensely sad."

It should be noted that Hesse is home to the German financial capital of Frankfurt which houses global banking majors like Deutsche bank and Commerzbank. Frankfurt is also the home to the all-powerful European Central Bank.