British man burnt to death in Chirivel

    In what appears to have been an act of self immolation a 63 year old British man died at the weekend in Chirivel near Velez Rubio. According to the Albox fire-fighters who attended the scene in the town's rambla it seems that the man emptied an eight litre container of petrol over himself before setting light to himself. Residents of the town heard an explosion at about six in the evening which they at first thought could be a shot being fired or a gas bottle exploding and on seeing the flames and smoke in the area where the sound had come from calls were made to the Guardia Civil and the fire-fighting service. It was not until the fire, which had spread through bushes and undergrowth, had been put out that the emergency services discovered the charred body. Due to the state of the body identification was extremely difficult although it was eventually identified as a result of a tattoo the victim had on his back.