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Dave, a 73-year-old witness, described the sequence to AFP, noting the sudden and alarming nature of the act.“He was throwing pamphlets before he poured the liquid on himself and lit the fire,”Dave recounted.
A correspondent reported a strong smell of burning chemicals permeating the air, with remnants of the man’s burning clothing scattered around the park.
Recall a similar incident earlier in the year when a US airman set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, in protest against the war in Gaza and later succumbed to his injuries.
According to eyewitnesses and reports from the scene, the man, before setting himself ablaze, was seen distributing pamphlets and then doused himself with an unspecified liquid..
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