HE was naked and wanted to end it all!
The suicidal man wanted to jump off a building but bystanders called for help.
The incident took place at corner Robert Sobukwe and Greef Trevenna in Tshwane on Sunday afternoon, 5 February.
According to Tshwane Emergency Services spokesman deputy chief Charles Mabaso, they were called to attend the scene where they saw a man on top of a building.
He said they brought Engine 12 and Ladder 12 on the scene.
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“A naked man, suspected to be under the influence of narcotics, was on top of the roof and threatening to stab himself with a broken bottle if anyone came close to him,” he said.
He explained that the scene had been going on from about 3pm and it took almost four hours of negotiations to convince the man not to kill himself.
“One of the Tshwane Emergency Services firefighters managed to convince the man, who was attempting to commit suicide on top of a Virgin Active building in Tshwane, to come down,” said Mabaso.
He said the man ultimately came down after 7pm and was handed over to the police.
Despite the police being witnessed at the scene, they said they were not aware of such incident and that the emergency services must have taken care of it.
Gauteng police spokeswoman Colonel Dimakatso Sello said: “Police have no report of this incident.”
She also said that only Tshwane Emergency Services attended the scene and all enquiries must be directed to them.
