25 February 2003
Man burns himself in Brest region
A 42-year-old Znamenka, Brest region, man is believed to have burnt himself on Sunday at a bus stop on the Brest-Tomashevka route.
According to the Brest regional emergency relief authority, his charred body was found at the bus stop by firefighters, who put the blaze out within minutes. They had been alerted by locals who saw a burning bus stop shelter.
Some personal belongings were found near the stop together with a suicide note, apparently belonging to the dead man, in which he asked not to blame anyone and apologized to those who were close to him.
A subsequent inquiry established that the man had burned himself and the bus stop, using gasoline. The police are currently looking for motivation behind the presumed suicide.
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