16 results for “self-immolation”
43y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest, with other significant conditions noted as thermal …
…ce. Following an argument with his partner, he doused himself and her with petrol and made threats of self-immolation. After fleeing and parking in a restaurant carpark, he poured fuel over himself and ignited it when p…
43y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest; exsanguination and respiratory failure secondary to…
Imad Damouni (43) died from gunshot wounds to the chest after self-immolating with petrol in a parking lot in Sunnybank, Brisbane on 6 April 2020, following a domestic dispute. Police responded appropriately to a suicide…
40y · Male·Full thickness burns to body in the setting of self-immolation
A 40-year-old Tamil asylum seeker died from full thickness burns sustained during self-immolation on 20 August 2021. The death occurred three days after Victoria Police attended a family violence inc…
31y · Male·Burns
31-year-old George Grimes with longstanding schizophrenia was found threatening self-immolation after consuming alcohol and missing antipsychotic medication. Despite police de-escalation attempts, …
38y · Male·combined effects of inhalation of products of combustion and incineration
Paul Scott Roberts, aged 38, died from incineration and inhalation of combustion products after setting himself alight during police attendance at his home on home detention bail. He had a history of chronic dysthymia, a…
43y · Male·complications of thermal injuries
A 43-year-old man with a history of workplace injury, financial stress, and social isolation attended a workers compensation office in Newcastle carrying mineral turpentine and a cigarette lighter. After about 23 minutes…
29y · Male·Effects of fire
A 29-year-old Afghan asylum seeker died by self-immolation in bushland after deliberately pouring petrol over himself and igniting it. He had been diagnosed wit…
22y · Female·Complications of cutaneous burns
…an from Afghanistan died from complications of severe burns (75%+ body surface area) sustained during self-immolation on 5 February 2018. She was experiencing family violence from her husband and in-laws despite an acti…
58y · Male·Gunshot injury to the abdomen
…vid had been doused with petrol, suggesting he had contemplated alternative suicide methods including self-immolation. The coroner found the police shooting to be lawful self-defence and determined the three officers ac…
45y · Male·Self-inflicted burns (80-90% full and partial thickness burns across body)
Stephen Mawer, a 45-year-old man with longstanding depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, died from severe burns sustained when he deliberately set himself alight during a police siege at his home. He had recently be…
39y · Male·Effects of fire (self-immolation)
William Gourley, a 39-year-old Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man with a long history of mental illness, depression, cannabis dependence, and psychosis, presented to the Latrobe Regional Hospital ED on 6 March 202…
59y · Male·inhalation of products of combustion and effects of heat
Peter Howard, 59, a 27-year Orora packaging factory employee, died from inhalation of combustion products when his car caught fire outside the Athol Park site on 28 August 2018. After a workplace altercation with colleag…
25y · Female·self-immolation
Marlene Sako, a 25-year-old woman struggling with alcohol dependence following a traumatic marriage breakdown, presented to Northern Hospital on 29 November 2015 with threats of self-harm and suicide attempts. Despite a …
24y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of severe thermal burns
Omid Masoumali, a 24-year-old Iranian refugee detained on Nauru under Australian offshore processing arrangements, suffered severe thermal burns (>50% TBSA) on 27 April 2016 after self-immolating at the Nibok settlement.…
75y · Male·Burns
75-year-old John Drane, a resident of Masonic Care Queensland, died from extensive burns on 9 January 2014. The coroner concluded he intentionally set himself alight using a cigarette lighter shortly after receiving his …
53y · Male·severe burns
Mr Bloomfield, a 53-year-old man with complex psychiatric and substance abuse history, was apprehended by police under section 10 Mental Health Act after threatening to self-immolate due to distress about power cuts at h…
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