Love too painful
2003-11-09 13:33
Johannesburg - Gauteng police say a man has died after dousing himself and his shack with paraffin and setting it alight.
Superintendent Andy Pieke said the 18-year-old man, living in Ratanda township near Heidelberg, had had an argument with his 21-year-old girlfriend before the tragedy. During the argument he threatened to kill himself.
Pieke said people had tried to stop the man from committing suicide, but he threatened them with a knife and then locked himself in the shack in which he was staying with a friend.
The shack was gutted.
- SAPA