News_Editor Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 TOKYO, JAPAN (BNO NEWS) -- A Japanese man entered an elementary school playground in the capital Tokyo on Monday and set both himself and his young son on fire in an apparent murder-suicide bid, officials said. The man later died while his son remains in a critical condition. The incident happened at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time on Monday when the 49-year-old father entered the grounds of Shiomi elementary school in Bunkyo Ward, a residential and educational part of Tokyo. He then went to his 9-year-old son and took him away from a basketball game with other children. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said the man proceeded to pour a flammable liquid, believed to be heating oil, on himself and his son. He then held onto the boy as he ignited the liquid, causing serious burns across both their bodies. The man died later on Monday while his son remained in a critical condition. The motive for the apparent murder-suicide attempt was not immediately known, but investigators said the man and his wife had separated in May 2012 and were in the process of finalizing a divorce after a failed mediation attempt. They said the boy had since been living with his mother. (Copyright 2013 by BNO News B.V. All rights reserved. Info: [email protected].) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Using children for revenge is awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 What a sad story! Feel really sorry for the kid and hope he recovers fully soon. What is this world coming to!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 How do you recover from something like this? Even if he lives, I doubt that he will ever recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Very sad. You never know when someone is going to crack. When he does, it's too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Why didn't he just off himself, selfish b*****d!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnydrops Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Just 4 days ago a man threw himself and his 3 year old son off a 52 story building in New York. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/24/us-usa-newyork-fall-idUSBRE9BN0K220131224. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 It's a form of temporary mental illness, and for some reason it's either impossible to pick up or not taken seriously until it's too late. How many murder/suicides do you read about involving "estranged" couples, sometimes years after they've parted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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