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Jilted ex-boyfriend arrested for allegedly setting 2 women on fire in Roodepoort

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Marishka Davids is in hospital after she and another woman were doused in petrol and set alight on 11 January 2024.

Marishka Davids is in hospital after she and another woman were doused in petrol and set alight on 11 January 2024.

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Screams of pain filled an apartment complex in Florida, Roodepoort, after two women - Marishka Davids and Zakkiyah Rayman - were doused in petrol and set alight, allegedly by a jilted former boyfriend.

Neighbours who rushed to the women's aid used wet pillows to smother the flames that covered them from head to toe.

At one point, a screaming Davids rolled down the apartment's stairs.

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