Kenya: Kinangop Bachelor Sets Himself On Fire

3 January 2014

A Nyandarua man has set himself ablaze hours after he was rescued from a suicide attempt on Wednesday. Residents of Gathara village in Kinango said the man locked himself in his house and set it on fire.

He had earlier stabbed himself in the stomach but survived after he was taken to the hospital. A witness said the man had attempted to kill his mother after a domestic fight.

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