Man Torches Himself In Yard

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Family sees flaming suicide

A Jamaica man distraught over a fight with his wife killed himself in their yard yesterday by dousing himself in gasoline and lighting himself on fire, police said.

Rishiram Sawak, 48, poured gasoline over his head and body in his family's backyard on 126th Street around 3 p.m., after a quarrel with his 34-year-old wife. He then ran around to the front yard and lit himself on fire as his family watched in horror.

Sawak was covered in third-degree burns and succumbed to them shortly after. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

Police said Sawak and his wife had a history of domestic incidents