ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Woman Uses Petrol
GV.Z.P.A.-Reuter — Copyright) LONDON, June 8.
A woman set fire to herself in Vietnam Buddhist style in a North London street today. A passing motorist who beat out the flames saved her life.
An eye-witness said that the woman, described as slim and aged about 30, sat down in the street, poured petrol over nerself trom a plastic con tainer apd set it alight. Children playing nearby scattered in terror as flames leapt in the air, burning the woman’s hair and clothing.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31081, 9 June 1966, Page 17
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86ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31081, 9 June 1966, Page 17
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