Wicked Lady
08-20-2004, 04:09 AM
In April, 2002, an immigrant who had been looking for work in the Czech Republic reacted very badly to news that a woodworking company didn't need his services: he committed suicide by putting his head into the spinning blade of their circular saw. The suicide occurred in front of company employees in a town 15km east of Prague. It happened shortly after a company manager rejected the Ukrainian man's request for a job. A police spokeswoman said: "After getting the message that the Altea company isn't accepting new workers, the unemployed 'Jurij' turned on the cabinet-maker's circular saw." "Jurij" is apparently a a Czech nickname for Ukrainians. "He purposely rammed his head several times into the whirling saw blade." The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Workers who witnessed the grisly death were shocked.