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Man immolates self outside estranged wife's home

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Rome, June 12 (IANS/AKI) A man died in Italy's Naples city after he set himself ablaze outside his estranged wife's house.

The 53-year-old man, named only as V.S., died in Naples' Cardarelli hospital.

However, his estranged wife and their son were at his bedside.

V.S. could not accept the separation from his wife.

After ringing the doorbell at the woman's home in a suburb of the southern city of Caserta, the man doused himself with petrol and set himself ablaze Sunday.

--IANS/AKI

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First Published: Jun 12 2013 | 5:22 AM IST

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