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A person set himself on fireplace Sunday afternoon exterior the Israeli Embassy in Washington, in accordance with the Metropolitan Police Division.
U.S. Secret Service officers extinguished the blaze exterior the embassy in northwest Washington at about 1 p.m., metropolis fireplace division spokesman Vito Maggiolo mentioned. The person was taken to a close-by hospital with non-life-threatening accidents and is in essential situation.
Police additionally checked a close-by suspicious automobile for explosives, however police spokesman Sean Hickman mentioned the scene had been cleared by 4 p.m. Secret Service and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officers responded to the scene in Washington. Had labored with explosive ordnance. Disposal unit to analyze the incident.
In line with Israeli Embassy spokesman Tal Naim in Washington, no embassy workers had been injured and all died.
The embassy has been the location of sustained protests towards the battle in Gaza because the civilian demise toll within the devastated territory continues to rise, with greater than 29,000 individuals killed, in accordance with native well being ministry officers.
In December, a protester self-immolated in entrance of the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta, which police mentioned was “probably an excessive act of political protest.”