‘Going to die there’: When girlfriend dumped him, man set fire to apartment using blow torch, cops say

Edi Diazabakana tried to murder his now-former girlfriend after she broke up with him, cops said. (Screenshot: WCVB)

Edi Diazabakana tried to murder his now-former girlfriend after she broke up with him, cops said. (Screenshot: WCVB)

A Massachusetts man set fire to an apartment when his girlfriend told him she was going to dump him, say cops in the city of Peabody. Edi Diazabakana, 39, was taken into custody after he allegedly attacked both his now-ex and her mother.

The ex-girlfriend had told him she was ending the relationship, according to the arrest report obtained by WCVB. She went to bed. Diazabakana, however, allegedly returned, started the fire, and hit her in the face multiple times.

She attempted to flee. Diazabakana allegedly stopped her and said “that they were going to die there together.” The woman eventually managed to escape.

“My mother tried to help but he fought her off,” Sasha, the ex-girlfriend’s sister, said, according to CBS News. “My mother ran out to get help and it was only by the grace of God that my sister and my mother are both alive right now.”

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