French man injured in alleged self-immolation in Khon Kaen
Khon Kaen - A French man allegedly knocked his Thai girlfriend out and set her and himself on fire, police said.
The man, identified only as Lawa, was severely burned before fire fighters could rescue him and his Thai girlfriend, Somjit Insee, 42, from their rented room in Muang district at 10 am.
Somjit suffered burns only on her arms. She said she ran to hide in the toilet room.
She claimed that that man, she met four months ago, knocked her out by banging her head into the floor. When she came to herself, he saw the man was pouring petrol over the floor and on himself and her. She said the man lit up the fire and she ran to hide in the toilet room.
The Nation