BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina - A Bosnian couple burned themselves and four policemen when they poured gasoline over police evicting them from their apartment and set it alight, police said Friday.
"The incident occurred when Mico Maric poured gasoline over two policemen and himself. While policemen tried to wrestle him down his wife lit a match," police spokesman Radovan Pejic told journalists.
Two other policemen, who tried to help their colleagues, and Maric's wife, were also caught in the fire in the Bosnian Serb capital of Banja Luka.
Hospital officials said Maric and three policemen were in critical condition after they sustained heavy burns. The wife, who was also taken to hospital, was charged with attempted murder.
They were to be evicted from the flat following a court decision in favor of its previous owner, who had backed off from a deal to switch apartments with Maric.
05/13/2005 11:15 GMT