The number of red zones in Vientiane Capital has now increased to 34 villages as the country announces 19 new cases of Covid-19, reports Laotian Times.
December 29, 2020
The charred body of a man in a burning house.
The Nation/Asia News Network
Police in Lampang province found the charred body of a man in a burning house, in a suspected case of self-immolation.
Ngao Police Station was alerted on Monday to the fire at a house in Ban Mai Jaroen Suk village in Luang Tai subdistrict of Ngao district.
Firefighters took around 10 minutes to put out the flames in the wooden two-storey house.
Police found the charred body of Sawas Wikaha, aged 59 years, a farmer and owner of the house in the damaged house. Police contacted his wife who reportedly said that they had separated for about four months. Sawas reportedly went to her and asked to get back together before the incident, but she refused.