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A person is in essential situation after setting himself on fireplace exterior Israel's embassy in Washington DC.
At current the identification of that particular person has not been made public.
Hearth division on the Israeli Embassy on the spot. https://t.co/shBsvdL57B pic.twitter.com/S7mkVAILP7
-Andrew Layden (@penguinsix) 25 February 2024
The Hill experiences, “DC Hearth and EMS stated items responded simply earlier than 1 p.m. and located a person burned in entrance of the embassy. He was taken to an space hospital with severe and life-threatening accidents.
Based on reporter Alan Haynie, the person was alive – however unconscious.
A person is in essential situation after setting himself on fireplace exterior the Israeli embassy in Washington DC
– OnePatrioticJew (@OnePatrioticJew) 25 February 2024
Self-immolation is often used as a type of excessive protest and has occurred a number of instances in DC.
On Earth Day, April 22, in 2022, local weather activist Wynn Allen Bruce set himself on fireplace exterior the Supreme Court docket Constructing. He died from his accidents.
In 2017, an anti-Trump protester set himself on fireplace exterior the then-Trump Resort. He was taken to hospital and handled for non-life-threatening burns.