Man burned trying to impress girlfriend

VASTERVIK, Sweden, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A 33-year-old Swedish man suffered serious injuries when he poured gasoline on his arm and set it on fire as a party trick, police said.

Authorities in Vastervik, Sweden, said the man apparently was trying to impress his girlfriend, the Local reported Sunday.

"It obviously didn't go well. He burned his arm and other parts of his body and was in a state of shock," said police spokesman Reine Johansson. "Don't ask me what the point of the trick was supposed to be."

The man, who now also faces charges of endangering the public, was hospitalized in the burn unit of Linkoping University Hospital.