Tragic Electrocution: Mentally Ill Man Dies Atop Power Pole in Morocco

A young homeless man with mental disorders, according to the Mowatine website, would have climbed to the top of an electricity pole to kill himself. He would have remained there for 30 minutes, threatening to jump, before being electrocuted. He fell on fire from the top of the electricity pole and would have died on the spot. Chilling images were taken.

According to the same source, while citizens were trying to dissuade him from abandoning his suicide attempt, he would have touched an electric wire. So it can no longer be known whether he really wanted to commit suicide or if it was just threats for some purpose. Especially since he remained for 30 minutes negotiating with the residents and the authorities.

The body of the deceased was taken to the morgue and an investigation was launched to understand exactly what happened and why.

The Bilakoyoud website, for its part, provides other details. Thus, elements of the gendarmerie and civil protection would have been called to the scene but could not arrive in time. Upon their arrival, they could only note the death.

The same source specifies that this is not the only "suicide" to have taken place in Oulad Frej that day. A woman this time, also with mental disorders, born in 1979, married and mother of two daughters, would have committed suicide by ingesting poison. Bilakoyoud explains that she did this because of the sex of her children. She wanted a son...