Category: Odd + Funny Author : Duncan Riley Posted: May 11, 2008
Tags : Japan
A Japanese man soaked in kerosene has died after police handed him a cigarette and a lighter.
Hifumi Kubota had been arrested by Japanese police for “acting violently,” and had poured Kerosene over himself in front of police before being apprehended.
Kubota refused to change his soaked clothes at the police station, and according to news.com.au, asked to smoke during questioning. This is where it gets even weirder: despite no-smoking rules in the building a police officer gave him some smokes and a lighter.
The rest goes without saying. He did live long enough to make it to hospital, where he then died from his horrific burns.
May 12, 2008
Wow. Just, wow.
May 12, 2008
They would have just tased him here.
Jun 13, 2008
dude, i think the taser might have ignited the guy anyway, haven’t you guys used an electric lighter?
Feb 10, 2009
This can't be real! How awful can you get?