He was holding some lighters and threatening to set himself on fire after dousing his clothes with petrol. After a long mediation, the carabinieri of the Nucleo Radiomobile and the firefighters convinced a forty-year-old man to give up his suicide intent.
It happened shortly after 9.30 pm in via Castelli, in Cagliari , where there were moments of anguish. The reasons for the mad act are not yet known, fortunately avoided thanks to the intervention of the military, firefighters and a 118 ambulance which then rescued the man. After keeping the carabinieri and firefighters at a standstill for a long time with a petrol can, the forty-year-old took action and poured the flammable liquid on himself: at that point a 118 unit equipped in case of an emergency also arrived. severe burns. Luckily there was no need.
At the end of a long mediation, the rescuers convinced the would-be suicide to give up, having the lighters delivered to him and immediately removing his fuel-soaked clothes. After the operation, in front of many inhabitants of the area looking out the windows of the buildings, the forty-year-old was taken to the hospital.
