A man is in critical condition after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC.
The man's identity has not been announced at this time.
The fire department is at the scene of the accident at the Israeli embassy. https://t.co/shBsvdL57B pic.twitter.com/S7mkVailP7
– Andrew Leyden (@PenguinSix) February 25, 2024
The Hill reported, “DC Fire and EMS said units responded shortly before 1 p.m. and discovered a man with burns in front of the embassy. He was transported to an area hospital with critical and life-threatening injuries.”
According to reporter Alan Heaney, the man was alive but unconscious.
A man is in critical condition after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC
– OnePatrioticJEW (@OnePatrioticJew) February 25, 2024
Self-immolation is commonly used as an extreme act of protest and has occurred several times in the capital.
On Earth Day 2022, April 22, climate activist Wayne Allan Bruce set himself on fire outside the Supreme Court building. He died of his wounds.
In 2017, an anti-Trump protester set himself on fire outside what was then the Trump Hotel. He was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening burns.
