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Holy shit. (CW: Self immolation but it's a US troop) (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/25/1233810136/fire-man-israeli-embassy-washington

A man set himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in D.C.

A man is in critical condition after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday afternoon, according to multiple law enforcement agencies.

The Air Force said the man was an active duty airman.

The U.S. Secret Service said it was responding to reports of an individual experiencing a possible medical or mental health emergency. Local police arrived around 1 p.m. ET.

The fire has since been extinguished. The Israeli Embassy in D.C. said none of its staff were injured.

Vito Maggiolo, a spokesperson for D.C. Fire and EMS, said the man has been transported to the hospital, where he has "critical life threatening injuries."

As of Sunday evening, NPR was not able to independently verify the man's identity or motives.

Andrew Leyden, a freelance journalist based in D.C., told NPR he saw burn marks near the Israeli Embassy's lawn, where the embassy had placed flags to represent the hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7.

Lynn Sweet, the Washington bureau chief at the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote on X that there was a growing police presence outside the Israeli Embassy earlier in the afternoon, including local law enforcement searching a vehicle out of "precaution."

Posted at 6:53 PM, well after the details were available

[–] [email protected] 70 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As of Sunday evening, NPR was not able to independently verify the man's identity or motives.

look we need atleast 12 different independent sources to prove to us that what he was saying was actually what he meant to say

[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

And half of those sources need to be isreali

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

Half, I think you mean all