Man Tries To Set Himself Alight in Zagreb in Protest of Unfair Treatment by Employers
April 16th, 2008
Zagreb, April 16 (CP) – A 61-year-old man tried to commit suicide in front of the Zagreb city authorities’ building on Wednesday by setting himself alight.
The man’s life was saved by security guards who leapt out of the building and calmed him down and brought him indoors.
The man was taken to a psychiatric hospital following the incident.
He had allegedly tried to set himself alight to draw attention of the media to the bad way he was treated by his employers.
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