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US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by HonNL: 5:29am On Feb 26
A man set himself on fire on Sunday afternoon outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. A U.S. Air Force spokeswoman, Ann Stefanek, confirmed on Sunday night that the man was an active-duty airman.

Officers with the U.S. Secret Service extinguished the fire outside the embassy, in northwestern Washington, around 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a spokesman with the city’s fire department. The man was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries and remains in critical condition.

No embassy staff members were injured, and all were accounted for, according to Tal Naim, a spokeswoman for the embassy.

The man appeared to have filmed the protest and livestreamed it on the social media platform Twitch at the time that the police said they responded to the incident.
The New York Times could not confirm who was behind the account that posted the video, but the video featured a man walking toward the Israeli Embassy in Washington.

“I will no longer be complicit in genocide,” a man said in the video, echoing language that opponents of Israel’s military action in Gaza have used to describe the campaign. “I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest.”

Standing in front of the embassy gates, he set his phone down to film dousing himself in a clear liquid from a metal bottle. He then lit himself on fire while yelling “Free Palestine!” until he fell to the ground.

The video showed law enforcement officers approaching him shortly before the fire caught. One could be heard off-camera saying: “Can I help you, sir?" The officers then scrambled for more than a minute to put out the flames.

The video was removed on Sunday afternoon and replaced with a message stating that the channel violated Twitch's guidelines. It was the only video posted to the account, which had a Palestinian flag as its header image.

In the video, the man was dressed in fatigues, and the name he used matched a Linkedin profile for an active-duty Air Force officer based in Texas.

The police also investigated a suspicious vehicle nearby for explosives, but Sean Hickman, a police spokesman, said the scene had been cleared by 4 p.m. Officers with the Secret Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had worked with Washington's Explosive Ordinance disposal unit to investigate the incident.

Protests against Israel have become a near-daily occurrence across the country since Israel began its campaign in Gaza after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks that killed at least 1,200 people, according to the Israeli officials. International calls for a humanitarian cease-fire have grown in the past months as the humanitarian crisis has deepened. The embassy has been the site of sustained protests against the war in Gaza as the civilian death toll in the devastated enclave continues to climb,with more than 29,000 dead, according to the local health ministry officials.

Protests have sometimes resulted in arrests but seldom in violence. In December, a protester self-immolated in front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta in what police said was "likely an extreme act of political protest."

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#Incident: MPD responded to the 3500 block of International Drive, NW, at approximately 1:00 p.m., to assist the United States Secret Service after an individual set themselves on fire in front of an embassy in the block.

An adult male was transported by DC Fire and EMS to a local hospital where they remain in critical condition. MPD is working with the USSS and ATF to investigate the incident. (L

MPD’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) has also been requested to scene in reference to a suspicious vehicle that may be connected to the individual. This remains an active investigation at this time.

The suspicious vehicle has been cleared with no hazardous materials found.

DC Police Department

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by sigil: 5:31am On Feb 26
oyibo eeh

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by obedience4(m): 6:01am On Feb 26
Shameful behaviour by the airman
He should be investigate if he has been radicalised by terrorist elements

He is a disgrace to the service and oath he sworn to protect.

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by finallybusy: 6:46am On Feb 26
You never hear of dark skin Africans doing this. Maybe it happens, but western media covers it up. Once the person thinks of how many potential women he can sleep with, he’ll change his mind quickly.

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by tydi(m): 7:08am On Feb 26
He is a member of Hamas terrorist group he can't take the melting of their members by the IDF so he decided to set himself ablaze.

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by dust144(m): 7:23am On Feb 26
His pronlems

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Anguldi(m): 7:23am On Feb 26
Self immolation tongue
He didn't do it well undecided . He should have drank petrol and set himself on fire. That's how TIBETANS protest against CHINA for independence.
Those who still survive still get beaten and shot by police . Zero Terrorists in China

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by arantess: 7:24am On Feb 26
Hmmm
Where is his allegiance?

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by nairalee(m): 7:24am On Feb 26
Put yourself in hell before going to hell? Well I can tell you won't yell as much as someone who just fell in hell suddenly

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Yorubafirstson: 7:24am On Feb 26
Good for him


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfTch1VPlHw?si=m9ofChl-lIWYaG4v

Here is a story of how a ghost terrorised boarding a school in Nigeria, relax and enjoy the story.

It was the fall of 2013 at Ogbomoso Secondary School, an all-girls boarding school located in the outskirts of Ogbomoso town in southwestern Nigeria. As the new school year started, the students were buzzing with excitement to be back with their friends. Little did they know the terror that awaited them.

It started slowly at first - missing belongings, strange noises at night, flickering lights. The girls complained to the matronly headmistress, Mrs. Adebayo, but she dismissed their concerns as "overactive teenage imaginations." But the weird occurrences kept escalating...

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by haybhi1(m): 7:25am On Feb 26
Well, any sensible person would be taken aback by the onslaught going on between the Isreal and the Palestine. Shunning sentiments will show that it's hard for anyone with conscience to take in the occurrences there. Like even lower animals have bodies that defend their massive annihilation, let alone a group of humans, na half life or dignity those one get ni? I mean we all read with pity with Hitler did to Jews, and now they are dishing out the same, in a never-seen-before bully deeds.

Well, the world is polarized between the strong and the weak today. Fairness is about inexistent.

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by tishbite43: 7:25am On Feb 26
Wow
Seems the man is Caucasian

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by misreal(m): 7:25am On Feb 26
Some people will come here to support this nonsense.

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Wicoilham(m): 7:25am On Feb 26
Hmmm

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Rexnegro(m): 7:25am On Feb 26
Hmmm

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Creamypie(m): 7:26am On Feb 26
Them over chop belleful. If na Nigeria, after buhari/tilimpoo/APC don bend u reach limit, your primary concern na how to eat your next meal

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by petertamtam6(m): 7:26am On Feb 26
He's slowpoke, have watch the video
Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Westerhoffe(m): 7:26am On Feb 26

Who suffered the burns? Him.
Who would feel the pain? Him.
So?

Negotiations and agreements are underway… you're burning up your skin… to pass what message?

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Lovenorth: 7:26am On Feb 26
The killers of Jesus must be dealt with

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Nawa4nl: 7:26am On Feb 26

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by meolaniyi(m): 7:26am On Feb 26
Ok

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by arantess: 7:26am On Feb 26
obedience4:
Shameful behaviour by the airman
He should be investigate if he has been radicalised by terrorist elements

He is a disgrace to the service and oath he sworn to protect.
His dead body should be charged and held bound for eons

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by HBB1(m): 7:27am On Feb 26
Yorubafirstson:
Good for him


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfTch1VPlHw?si=m9ofChl-lIWYaG4v

Here is a story of how a ghost terrorised boarding a school in Nigeria, relax and enjoy the story.

It was the fall of 2013 at Ogbomoso Secondary School, an all-girls boarding school located in the outskirts of Ogbomoso town in southwestern Nigeria. As the new school year started, the students were buzzing with excitement to be back with their friends. Little did they know the terror that awaited them.

It started slowly at first - missing belongings, strange noises at night, flickering lights. The girls complained to the matronly headmistress, Mrs. Adebayo, but she dismissed their concerns as "overactive teenage imaginations." But the weird occurrences kept escalating...


There is nothing like Ogbomoso Secondary School!

Stop this stupidity!

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Phred1717: 7:28am On Feb 26
He should call the entire family to join him... Idiotic Fools

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Saao(m): 7:28am On Feb 26
finallybusy:
You never hear of dark skin Africans doing this. Maybe it happens, but western media covers it up. Once the person thinks of how many potential women he can sleep with, he’ll change his mind quickly.
it can begin with you grin

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Yankee101: 7:29am On Feb 26
The world has to stand up and and say enough
In Sudan too. Enough

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by callmevirus(m): 7:29am On Feb 26
Nothing concern me but E dey mind

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by ShinjaWWest: 7:29am On Feb 26
Death to all all head slamming mohammadian terrorists

God bless Israel for doing the lord's work

God bless the good people of Southsouth and Southwest

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by Noniblaq(m): 7:29am On Feb 26
So sad
Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by lekanjeremiah(m): 7:29am On Feb 26
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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by jmoore(m): 7:29am On Feb 26
All Islamabadians should emulate this man. If you accuse one for blasphemy, don't kill the person. Pour petrol on your body and set fire on yourself, Mohammed will appear immediately and fight the blasphemer.

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Re: US Man Sets Himself Ablaze In Washington Over Israel-Palestine War by EbolaTinubu: 7:29am On Feb 26
Why dem extinguish am na?

Them for leave am make him go meet his 60 virgins and the satanic Mohammed

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