well this one really doesnt belong here yet, but he may make it.

Homesick 72 Year Old English man shoots himself in the head and survives.

We received word of a bizarre suicide attempt which took place at house number 144/36 at Sansook Village in Banglamung. The owner of the house is Khun Songrot and was rented by Mr. David Brand aged 72 from England. According to accounts from neighbors and the house owner who also lived in the house, Mr. Brand was suffering from a severe case of homesickness and was experiencing medical problems with his heart. He was left inside the house alone on Friday morning and it was while he was alone that neighbors heard a single gun shot and entered the house to find Mr. Brand lying on the floor in a pool of blood. It appeared that he had shot himself in the head with a small hand gun. He was quickly taken to the Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital where he is now in a critical condition according to doctors who are astonished that the gun shot failed to kill the man. The British Embassy in Bangkok has been informed of the incident and is conducting their own investigation in conjunction with Banglamung Police who are yet to determine the origin of the gun.
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