An elderly man killed himself by putting a firecracker in his mouth and lighting it, in a municipal court in Pretoria on Monday morning, Tshwane metro police said.
The 76-year-old man had been summoned to attend a "protection order case" at the court on Monday morning, Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba said in a statement.
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