[Arab News] A Pak laborer in Makkah's Shariah district killed himself by drinking insecticide after hearing from a friend back home that his fiancé had married a closer relative, front man for Makkah police Maj. Abdul Mohsen Al-Miman announced Wednesday."I am distraught! She has left me! I shall drink Flit!"
He did not identify the man, but said he was installing the decor on a building site when he received the news. The front man said after receiving the news, the Pak expatriate looked bewildered and left the site. After some time, he called one of his colleagues from his apartment and asked him to visit him immediately.
Al-Miman said when the colleague arrived at the apartment, he found the laborer in a hysterical condition. He added that the man pointed to a glass cup that contained the insecticide before he died.
"Before I peg out, I just wanted to tell you: that stuff tastes really nasty!"
He added that detectives and the forensics teams were rushed to the scene. He said the man's death was not suspicious, but added investigations were under way.