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A policeman was found dead on Sunday morning after apparently setting himself on fire in Yamaguchi City, police officials said. Police received a call just after 6 a.m. Sunday morning saying that there was a man on fire. A jogger passing by saw the man and told a nearby resident to call police.
Police said there were traces of gasoline on the man’s body and on the ground around him. A membership card for the Japan Police Personnel Mutual Aid Association was found in a car parked nearby. It belonged to a man in his 40s. They went to the home of the man, a policeman, and found a note describing some personal problems.
Police have not yet released the man's name.
© News reports
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timorborder
a note describing some personal problems
One of which seems to be pyromania!
Seriously, setting oneself alight would have to be one of the more difficult suicide options.
Samuraiiki
This is definitely the year of fire.
Disillusioned
Testing new interrogation techniques?
nath
It's better to burn out than to fade away.
bamboohat
You'd think that if a jogger saw a guy on fire, they'd scream bloody murder while trying desperately to put the guy out.
"excuse me, but there seems to be a fellow out here that is on fire, would you mind terribly calling the police? Oh, and do you have a spot of water?"
Mz
The poor jogger for having to come across the situation. What must trouble someone so much that they should kill themselves in what must be an excruciatingly painful way..?
Tatanka
We're coming up on suicide season here in Japan. Looks like its going to be a vintage year with the bad economy and all...
Spidey
They went to the home of the man, a policeman, and found a note describing some personal problems.
The perfect crime.
At least in Japan anyway.
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buggerlugs
Sry to hear a person died, but it is a policeman...
rurika
what an awful way to go. RIP Mr. Policeman.
Thenewfront
Lack of mental health care and a fear of admitting mental problems was probably the cause.
Japans mental health care is in the Victorian age. Many die each year needlessly due to stigma and idiotic superstitions.
NYC_Samurai
If you gotta go, this is still better than mixing cleaning agents and risking injury to innocent people. As long as you don't burn down the whole apartment complex doing it.
nath
Not condoning suicide ...but he could have done it another way, either taking out a pediphile or two, or donating both his kidneys to someone who would make better use out of them. Suicide is selfish. Giving your life for someone else is one of the highest forms of love!
huddersboy
airrunwesker how can you donate both your kidneys?
Nessie
The same way you can donate your heart and both your eyes.
gladiatrix84
I agree with spidey. Wake up and smell the gasoline peeps. I think the poor fella may have had some assistance with both the convinient note and fire. The fact that he's a policeman gives speaks volumes.