Ayoung Tunisian man with mental issues set fire to his family home near Ragusa in Sicily Wednesday night killing his mother and injuring his two little brothers, local sources said Thursday.
The woman died in hospital of critical burns while the two children were seriously burned in the incident, along with the man's father.
He allegedly set the fire over an altercation with his relatives, piling up tyres in front of the house and then setting them on fire.
The incident took place at Vittoria.