A fireman sprays water on the still-smouldering bonfire in which a man is believed to have killed himself in an open area near a temple in Muang district, Khon Kaen province. (Photo: Chakrapan Natanri)
KHON KAEN: A man who had long suffered from heart disease is believed to have committed suicide in a bonfire at a temple in Muang district of this northeastern province on Monday afternoon, police said.
The man left two Facebook messages apologising to his friends and saying “I cannot go on”.
Pol Col Prawit Thoha, the Tha Phra police chief, said the fire was reported about 5pm, in an open area by Wat Pa Suan Monat Nong Khoi village in tambon Tha Phra.
Police, a doctor and fire crew were rushed to the temple.
They found a big fire of eucalyptus wood was still burning fiercely. When the flames were put…
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