A 29 year old from Kasai City, Japan who doused himself with kerosene and torched his house, escaped without injuries and told police he wanted to kill himself after his 55-year old mother tossed “his valuable Gundam plastic models.”
The resulting fire eventually burned down the two-story house, which was about 250 square meters (about 2,700 square feet) and made partially from wood… His mother was also in the house but escaped without injuries.”
Jeepers, what a nut job. [The Kobe Shimbun (translated) via Anime News Network via Current]
PoomDomain
Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 8:45 PMthat guy is nuts, a house is much more expensive than those gundam models anyway.
not a very smart move, guss he will have to sleep with his otaku friends for a while
Matt Fryer
Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 10:28 PMWow this guy is insane! Maybe this is just a cover-up for wanting to off his mum?