Nigeria, May 7 -- It was a moment of shock and sorrow in Anambra State on Tuesday when the body of a yet-to-be-identified pregnant woman was found hanging from a cashew tree in the state.

The body, it was gathered, was seen dangling on the tree along Uke-Ideani Road in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.

It is unclear, for now, if the pregnant woman committed suicide or was murdered.

Residents, however, told PREMIUM TIMES that the woman must have been murdered and hanged on the tree to give a false impression of suicide.

One resident, who identified himself simply as Chijioke, said the body was seen in the early hours of Tuesday.

"Before we went to bed on Monday night, we did not see anybody hanging on the tree. So, thi...