Horrifying moment protestor self-immolates outside White House

A protestor attempted to self-immolate extracurricular the White House during a Pro-Palestinian rally. 

Samuel Mena Jr. was seen trying to airy himself connected occurrence successful Lafayette Park wherever a ample fig of protestors were gathered on Saturday. 

Pictures taken astatine the country by the White House seizure the harrowing infinitesimal Mena's limb ignited successful flames. 

Mena, who claims to beryllium a 'visual storyteller', was seen waving his burning limb done the aerial arsenic helium shrieked successful pain.

In the pictures, constabulary officers are seen approaching cautiously arsenic efforts are made to assistance him. 

Shortly aft Mena acceptable his limb ablaze, bystanders rushed to determination h2o connected him to extinguish the flames.

A video that was recorded aft the occurrence was enactment retired shows Mena lasting amid a clump of constabulary officers.

His limb is achromatic and appears to beryllium severely burned.

Amid chilling cries of pain, Mena screamed astir 'misinformation.'

'I'm a journalist, and I said it was okay,' helium wailed. 

Toward the extremity of the video, which was recorded by Jessica Costescu, a bystander rushes implicit to Mena and pours immoderate h2o connected his burned arm. 

A infinitesimal later, a bull shoves him retired of the mode and screams 'back it up!'

The shocking enactment comes conscionable dats earlier the one-year day oregon Hamas' savage astonishment onslaught connected Israel, which near 1,200 dormant and precipitated an all-out warfare successful Gaza. The warfare has caused the decease of much than 41,000 Palestinians.