Saturday, June 05, 2010

Russian man kills himself with home-made guillotine

A Russian engineer killed himself using a guillotine he built in his bedroom.

47-year-old Albert Repin's mother said he had shut himself in his bedroom for days, saying he wanted to build a cupboard, according to a report in newspaper Tvoi Den, which also published photographs and sketches of the contraption.



His body was found jammed in the "strange construction" which used a metal plate - attached to a plank and weighted with large water bottles - as a blade.

The man, a divorcee from Moscow, lay on the floor beneath and triggered the guillotine himself. He had reportedly suffered psychiatric problems in recent years.

2 comments:

jonfen said...

so mission accomplished apart from that it didnt completely cut off his head like a real guillotine. What else can i say, its obvious that the guy with his history should have more social control. But as this typical news happened in a country like Russia, i cant help it being cynical, sorry.

Foreigner1 said...

He forgot to put the cutting-edge at an angle...