Man commits suicide in Woolworths
Rushda:
September 21st, 2007
No one would ever have been able to anticipate the horror that struck shoppers of a Woolworths store in Cornwall yesterday afternoon - a man pulled out a knife and wielded it around before slitting his own throat. Shoppers at Woolworths Penzance fled in panic as they realised what was happening and the man died within minutes of the incident.
The man, who was 23 years old, is said to have entered the store at around 3pm and started walking up and down the aisles waving his knife around. As the man proceeded to kill himself, shoppers ran around in panic and staff cleared customers from the shop and called the ambulance and police.
The store remains closed today as the police carry out their inquiries. A spokesperson from the shop says:
“Yesterday’s events were extremely disturbing for our colleagues and our priority now is to ensure their welfare and we are supporting them in every way possible. We will only reopen the store when we feel it is right to do so and our staff will have our ongoing support.”
Thankfully no one else was involved in this rare and horrifying accident, but counselling is expected for the traumatised customers and staff who had to witness the event.