This archive report was first published on 20 December 2019.
A 43-year-old father of four from Karagita Estate in Nairobi is currently in hospital after a dramatic attempted suicide.
According to authorities, the man suspected his wife of having an affair and in a fit of rage, bought a jerrican of petrol, locked his family in the house and set it on fire.
However, members of the public intervened and rescued the family, but not before the man doused himself with the remaining petrol and set himself on fire.
Karigita location Chief Hussein Guyo recounted the incident, saying the man had a machete and threatened those who came to rescue the family, but was overpowered before he could set himself ablaze.
“He was determined to burn the house with his wife and children inside. Members of the public rescued the family, but he set himself on fire,” Guyo told The Standard on December 19, 2019.
