Seniors’ care home set ablaze by 81 year old resident

To quote a news report out of Malaysia:

An 81-year-old resident at a nursing home in Kaki Bukit, Perlis, set multiple fires at the facility after staff refused to allow his 72-year-old female companion to accompany him on a hospital visit.

According to the nursing home’s management, the elderly man was scheduled to visit the central hospital to collect a hearing aid.

However, he insisted that his long-time female companion, who has lived at the facility with him since 2018, accompany him on the trip.

When staff denied the request due to the woman lacking proper documentation, the man declared, “If she doesn’t go, I won’t go either,” and abandoned the planned hospital visit.

CCTV footage revealed the man’s actions: He retrieved a container of petrol from the storage room, poured it on the kitchen storage cabinets and set them ablaze.

He then returned to his own bed area to start another fire before proceeding to the hall to set a third fire.