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Kerosene-soaked man becomes human fireball after cretinous coppers give him one last cigarette
Mainichi News ^
| 5/12/08
| Mainichi News
Posted on 05/12/2008 11:51:06 AM PDT by Tolkien
NAGOYA -- A man died after turning into a fireball after police supplied him with cigarettes and a lighter and his kerosene-soaked clothes exploded into flames while in a police interrogation room here, police said.
The 45-year-old unemployed Nagoya man, whose name was not disclosed, died late Sunday night, about 21 hours after he burst into flames inside an investigation room at the Atsuta Police Station.
A 54-year-old police sergeant who tried to extinguish the fire that claimed the man's life sustained minor burns to his right hand.
Investigators said they are unsure whether the man set himself alight or he burst into flames by accident.
(Excerpt) Read more at mdn.mainichi.jp ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cigarette; donutwatch; japan; kerosene; police
Darwin award winner, or suicide by cop.
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posted on
05/12/2008 11:51:07 AM PDT
by
Tolkien
To: Tolkien
Darwin award winner, or suicide by cop.
Tough call.
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posted on
05/12/2008 11:53:25 AM PDT
by
contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: Tolkien
Cop's name wasn't Wiggam was it??
To: Tolkien
Investigators said they are unsure whether the man set himself alight or he burst into flames by accident.
I'm sure it was an accident. Sure.
To: Tolkien
Sounds like a Haitian Necklace, without the tire.
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posted on
05/12/2008 12:11:58 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Et si omnes ego non)
To: Tolkien
Perhaps he said something to really p.o. the cops?
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posted on
05/12/2008 12:13:03 PM PDT
by
proudpapa
(McCain-Pawlenty '08)
To: Tolkien
The Jap cops saved themselves a lot of paperwork.
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posted on
05/12/2008 1:09:38 PM PDT
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
To: Tolkien
The 45-year-old unemployed Nagoya man, whose name was not disclosed, died late Sunday night, about 21 hours after he burst into flames inside an investigation room at the Atsuta Police Station. Ironically, the name of the area, Atsuta (熱田), means something along the lines of "hot field".
To: Tolkien
Atsuta Police Station Deputy Chief Michiharu Kondo slammed his officers for giving the man cigarettes and a lighter despite the station's no smoking policy. Brain...locked...up...too...many...punchlines...
To: Tolkien
The 45-year-old unemployed Nagoya man, whose name was not disclosed, died late Sunday night, about 21 hours after he burst into flames inside an investigation room at the Atsuta Police Station. I'll bet that was a looonnnng 21 hours. Painful.
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posted on
05/12/2008 2:06:55 PM PDT
by
scan59
(Markets regulate better than government can.)
To: Tolkien
At 45, it’s possible he has offspring...unlikely eligible for the Darwin Award.
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posted on
05/12/2008 2:27:41 PM PDT
by
trussell
(I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
To: Tolkien
Cigarettes are killers. And now only the killers have the cigarettes.
To: Tolkien; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Let this be a lesson to you: Smoking kills!
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posted on
05/13/2008 3:38:14 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
To: Tolkien
Talk about turning up the heat on an interrogation
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posted on
05/13/2008 8:19:39 AM PDT
by
dfwright
(The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left (Eccl. 10:2, NIV))
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