(Reuters) - A man from Ivory Coast doused himself with fuel and set himself on fire at Rome's Fiumicino airport on Thursday after showing officials a deportation order, police said.

The incident occurred in a customs police office in Terminal 3 of the airport, Italy's largest. Police said the man had poured a canister of fuel over himself and ignited it with a lighter.

The man was taken to hospital in serious condition while a policeman who put out the flames sustained a burn to his arm.

The smoke caused alarm among travellers and a small part of the airport was briefly closed off. No other injuries or disruption were reported


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/14/uk-italy-airport-fire-idUSLNE91D01O20130214

A Nigerian also killed himself cuz he's scared of Home....... Is Africa dis Bad that some peeps are damned scared of Home!!!!

OMG

Lord have mercy

Dat guy went too far

just insane. so committing suicide is d way out abi. unfortunate.

Hmmmmm, we don't hav to pity any of these people, if dem kill them selves by themselves wetin concern me , all I do is laugh, #AM Proudly African

donroxy: A Nigerian also killed himself cuz he's scared of Home....... Is Africa dis Bad that some peeps are damned scared of Home!!!!

A home where ordinary man have no life.

Good things are only meant for some class.

donroxy: A Nigerian also killed himself cuz he's scared of Home....... Is Africa dis Bad that some peeps are damned scared of Home!!!!

yeah pretty bad...no plans,no future no nothing for the citizen

When all their father's property have been sold and money borrowed with heavy interest, you expect him to come home to do what.

One should be proud of his country no matter how it is.

Its very unfortunate, he prefers to die than return home.

that guy is mentally insame

Complete lack of faith in the Almighty..It's not the end the world.

Thank God he is not Nigerian.

The fear of home is the beginning of desperate measures. Just hope that fear is not because the man is wanted for a crime back home.

If he is afraid of hs fatherland,who nw made up d land of Africa..a coward.yeye dey worry am.

I am flabbergasted! :oChoi!

Afrika ohhhhhhhhhh!

Are we sure its not cos of the super eagles beat ivory coast?

Dem go stil deport his dead body! That agidi no dey work

He lacks faith. Better die in foreign land than facing the calamity @ home. So sad

We Africans are not yet ready to call our leaders to order. If i am going to kill my self because of the sorry state our leaders have put our country, one of them must go with me.

Where did blackman learn self-immolation from ? Nawao

MANOSUB: Dat guy went too far

I'm sorry but this ish is hilarious. The fact that someone wold harm himself for a cause that Romanians don't care about is very very foolish

O n pe

ceejay80s: Dem go stil deport his dead body! That agidi no dey work

Death 2 evri African dat denies his African root.. EUROCENTRISM dey wori d maga n yeye dey smell.. Mtcheew! Goes bak 2 tv...

He hoped that his burnt condition would grant him naturalization of Rome or at least a longer stay. What a shame.