This is insanity in this day and age...
Father Says He Set Fire That Killed Three
In Chicago, a man has admitted setting a fire that killed his daughter (five months' pregnant), son-in-law, and three-year-old grandson because she married without his consent to a man of a lower caste than their family. He says he brought a can of gasoline over for a relative, then became angry, lit it with a lighter, and calmly went home across the street without calling anyone or alerting anyone to the fire. The gas can was found in the trash outside of his building--the same can a gas station clerk says he sold to him two hours before.
Caste issues may be an excuse that counts for something in India. In this country, we pretty much just call it multiple murder and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.
And as it happened in an apartment building, it's good that the other residents weren't killed, too.
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