SUBHAN KHWAR, Pakistan, April 1 (UPI) -- A 12-year-old Pakistani boy committed suicide by self-immolation because he was upset his family couldn't afford a new school uniform, his mother said.
Kamran Bibi died of severe burns Friday after he set himself on fire March 25 in Subhan Khwarh village in the Charsadda district, The Express Tribune reported Sunday.
The boy had asked his mother, Shandana Bibi, for a new school uniform because the two pairs of clothes he had were worn out, she said.
"My son demanded money for a new uniform, which I failed to provide," she told The Express Tribune.
"I refused to buy a new uniform because I didn't have the money to even buy food. Where would I buy a new uniform from?" she asked.
Kamran Bibi doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire after he was denied the uniform.
"We rushed him to the hospital where he was admitted for five days in a critical condition before he died," his mother said.
"Doctors demanded [$5,500] for Kamran's treatment and we didn't have it," Kamran's older brother Saleem said. "We don't even have money for food."
