Man, 74, dies after setting himself on fire in Ipoh


IPOH: An elderly man set himself on fire outside a school in Bercham here.

A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the 74-year-old man had poured petrol all over himself before setting himself alight outside SK Pakatan Jaya on Tuesday (April 19).

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