A 68-year-old farmer of Sefwi-Amafie is said to have died after setting himself ablaze near a refuse dump.
According to the police, the man, Kweku Gyampo, after setting himself ablaze, could not stand the heat and, therefore, started calling for help, which came too late.
It said he allegedly soaked his dress with kerosene and lit a match resulting in the fire. The empty bottle of kerosene and the remaining match sticks were at the scene of the incident.
The police said because the incident took place in the night, it was too late for the members of the community to hear his cry for him to be rescued.
It said the few people who heard his cry and went to the scene to quench the fire rushed him to the Sefwi-Wiawso Government Hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Family members of the deceased expressed shock and dismay at the sudden decision of Gyampo to kill himself.
“He did not show any sign that he was facing any problem or he had a problem that we the family members failed to appreciate,” a family member was said to have told the police.
The body had since been deposited at the Sefwi-Wiawso Government Hospital pending further investigation and autopsy.
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