Niccolo and Donkey
02-18-2009, 03:39 PM
Montenegrin Tries To Commit Suicide In Coffin (http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/16816/)
Balkan Insight
February 18, 2009
A Montenegrin man wrote his own obituary, lay down in a coffin in front of a funeral home and tried to commit suicide by shooting himself -- but missed.
The 52-year old, who had told friends he had family problems, went on Monday to a funeral home close to the Podgorica graveyard to choose a coffin for himself, daily Vijesti reported on Wednesday.
Later that evening he returned and asked a salesman to take the coffin he had picked outside so he can lie down and “test how comfortable it is”. He borrowed pen and paper and wrote down his obituary, paid for the casket in silence, and then ran out, laid down inside and shot himself.
The bullet went through his jaw and came out through his nose, missing vital organs. He was currently recovering in the Podgorica medical centre, the daily reported. When police arrived at the scene, they found the gun next to the coffin and the hand-written obituary on the counter.
Balkan Insight
February 18, 2009
A Montenegrin man wrote his own obituary, lay down in a coffin in front of a funeral home and tried to commit suicide by shooting himself -- but missed.
The 52-year old, who had told friends he had family problems, went on Monday to a funeral home close to the Podgorica graveyard to choose a coffin for himself, daily Vijesti reported on Wednesday.
Later that evening he returned and asked a salesman to take the coffin he had picked outside so he can lie down and “test how comfortable it is”. He borrowed pen and paper and wrote down his obituary, paid for the casket in silence, and then ran out, laid down inside and shot himself.
The bullet went through his jaw and came out through his nose, missing vital organs. He was currently recovering in the Podgorica medical centre, the daily reported. When police arrived at the scene, they found the gun next to the coffin and the hand-written obituary on the counter.