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| By Manager Online | 2 June 2010 13:34 |
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June 2, 2010
SYDNEY (AFP) - A woman suffered critical burns after a man set her alight at an Australian petrol station on Tuesday, in a horrific scene that prompted police to urge witnesses to seek counselling.
The middle-aged woman was stabbed before she and her car were engulfed in flames at a Melbourne gas station, with witnesses reporting that her alleged attacker told them to "let her burn" when they tried to intervene.
"Victoria Police are concerned for the welfare of the many witnesses to this morning's incident," police said in a statement.
"Police encourage people to seek counselling."
A truck driver who was part of the morning rush hour traffic passing the gas station said he stopped and raced over to help the burning woman with a fire extinguisher, but was driven back by a man with a knife.
"(He was) telling her to burn," the man told Fairfax Radio Network. "At this stage she was still rolling around or laying near the car."
"The car was completely engulfed, she was completely engulfed, there was just black smoke pouring out."
Another man then drove his vehicle at the knifeman so people could help the woman.
"I obviously scared him a bit and he ran off," the man told Fairfax Radio.
A man later surrendered to police outside a nearby church after a brief standoff.
The woman was in a critical condition in hospital with burns to almost 100 percent of her body and later died on the same evening.
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