A 78-year-old man has shocked people by slitting his own throat in a suicidal mission at the Kano city abattoir.
The old man was identified by police as Hassan Chiroma and his act sent shock waves across city dwellers and set tongues wagging over what could have led the septuagenarian to take his life.
Eyewitness said the man was earlier sighted at blacksmith section of the market around midday where he allegedly purchased a knife which he used to commit suicide.
The eyewitness said: “We mistook him as one of the numerous butchers plying their trade, but we were shocked soon as he turned the same knife against himself.”
The witness, who preferred anonymity, stated that the desperate cry of a man in danger triggered pandemonium among traders who didn’t have the courage to watch the horror.
But the police authorities which suspected foul play over the development, has taken into custody four persons in connection with the tragic incident and have pledged to keep the general public abreast of developments as soon as they unfolded.