Man saws off his head in supermarket

Amanzi · #1 Postby **Amanzi** » Tue May 06, 2003 12:40 pm

:o
A 31-year-old man sawed his head off in full view of staff and customers at a supermarket in Richards Bay, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Monday afternoon, police said.

Superintendent Jay Naiker said Emmanuel Gumbi walked into the butchery section of Shoprite branch, switched on an electric meat saw, positioned his neck near the blade and sawed off his head.

He said Gumbi did not leave a suicide note.

Naiker said Gumbi's family said they had been shocked by the incident because he never showed signs of depression. - Sapa

GulfBreezer · #2 Postby **GulfBreezer** » Tue May 06, 2003 12:43 pm

NO WAY!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Where is this place?? :crazyeyes:

mf_dolphin · #3 Postby **mf_dolphin** » Tue May 06, 2003 12:49 pm

Ouch! That had to leave a mark! :-(

Guest · #4 Postby **Guest** » Tue May 06, 2003 12:55 pm

wonder how many people got sick in the store?

Amanzi · #5 Postby **Amanzi** » Tue May 06, 2003 1:01 pm

Gulf, It is in a town just North of my home city in South Africa.

Ticka, I am quite sure a few people got sick! I cant even imagine seeing something like that.

#6 Postby **bfez1** » Tue May 06, 2003 1:09 pm

How horrible. The poor onlookers. :cry:

Lindaloo · #7 Postby **Lindaloo** » Tue May 06, 2003 1:29 pm

YIKES!!!!! :onfire:

#8 Postby **pojo** » Tue May 06, 2003 2:31 pm

Dude...that's gonna hurt.

ColdFront77 · #9 Postby **ColdFront77** » Tue May 06, 2003 2:49 pm

Yikes, Ouch....!!! :o :o :o

TexasStooge · #10 Postby **TexasStooge** » Tue May 06, 2003 3:14 pm

OMG!!!!!!!!

That guy IS suicidal!!!!!!!!!!!!

Miss Mary · #11 Postby **Miss Mary** » Tue May 06, 2003 3:17 pm

Truly a bizarre story. How awful if you saw this. Yikes - it's enough that I would become a full fledged vegetarian after seeing something like that. I could never look at the butcher section again in the same way.

TexasStooge · #12 Postby **TexasStooge** » Tue May 06, 2003 3:26 pm

I hpoe I'm not too afraid to go to the butcher section after what happen.

Miss Mary · #13 Postby **Miss Mary** » Tue May 06, 2003 3:29 pm

TexasStooge, I'm already 75% Vegetarian anyway, this would just push me over the edge!

Still, very shocking story. At first you think this can't be true - why didn't someone stop him, turn off the saw, then it's so bizarre and given our news today, you begin to think yeah it's possible. Sad world we live in.

ColdFront77 · #14 Postby **ColdFront77** » Tue May 06, 2003 3:32 pm

He had to know what he was doing. Just the act of putting your own neck near the machine. ---> :o

JQ Public · #15 Postby **JQ Public** » Tue May 06, 2003 4:06 pm

Ewwwwwwwwwww! At first when you said head and supermarket i was thinking lettuce and cabbages not the real McKoy!!!!

#16 Postby **coriolis** » Tue May 06, 2003 4:19 pm

I will remain speechless.

azsnowman · #17 Postby **azsnowman** » Tue May 06, 2003 6:10 pm

Being a meat cutter for some 20 years, I can't EVEN imagine, I cut my left index finger tip off on the band saw, saved it, packed it on ice and they sewed the tip back on.

We had a gentleman a few years back in Phoenix throw himself into a chipper/shredder, tried to take his wife in with him, she escaped unharmed!

Dennis

mf_dolphin · #18 Postby **mf_dolphin** » Tue May 06, 2003 6:31 pm

That's one way to get a buzz cut! Maybe he was just having a bad hair day ;-)

azsnowman · #19 Postby **azsnowman** » Tue May 06, 2003 6:53 pm

Would that be a *flat top*?

Dennis

#20 Postby **coriolis** » Tue May 06, 2003 6:54 pm

Now you've crossed the line. Let's not all lose our heads here.

Man saws off his head in supermarket

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