The mother of a child who was killed during the Revolution set herself on fire 33 years after the event in December 1989. The woman committed suicide in Poiana Brașov. She was resuscitated by doctors, told why she did this and passed away.
The woman set herself on fire on a forest road
The son of this woman, Adrian Florin Negru, was 12 years old when he was shot and killed during the Revolution. The trauma has not faded for the grieving mother in the 33 years since.
The woman set herself on fire in Poiana Brașov, on May 25, Heroes’ Day. The Brașov County Police announced the tragedy two weeks after it happened, stating that the woman used a transparent plastic container, showing traces of liquid fuel and a lighter.
“On May 25, 2023, around 6:00 p.m., the Police of the Poiana Braşov resort were informed about the fact that a female person had set herself on fire in the Poiana Mica area of the Poiana Braşov resort.
The police quickly moved to the scene, and from the investigations carried out up to this point, it emerged that a 66-year-old woman from the municipality of Braşov had set herself on fire on the “Drumul Vechi” forest road. which connects the Poiana Mică area and the Poiana Ruia street from the Poiana Braşov Resort”, announced the Braşov County Police on Friday.
What did the woman say to the doctors who tried to save her
The woman would have made this extreme gesture “in the name of martyred heroes”, because after 33 years she did not learn the truth about her son’s death.
“During the on-site investigation, the police identified a transparent plastic container showing traces of liquid fuel, a lighter and a piece of cardboard containing a message.
In the case, a criminal file was drawn up, in which investigations are being carried out under the aspect of committing the crime of manslaughter, under the coordination of the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Braşov District Court, and upon their completion, a legal solution will be proposed”, the Police also sent .
“On May 25, she went to the grave of Florin, her 12-year-old boy shot during the Revolution, after that she went to Poiana Braşov, poured gasoline on herself and set herself on fire… When they managed to revive her, she said that: I made this gesture in the name of martyred heroes. After that, he died”, Cătălin Giurcanu wrote on Facebook.
According to him, the woman was fed up with the fact that “prosecutors and judges flush with salaries and special pensions have been imitating justice for 33 years”.
