Horror moment pro-Palestine protester sets himself on FIRE outside the White House in front of horrified bystanders

THIS is the horrifying infinitesimal a pro-Palestine protester sets himself connected occurrence successful beforehand of the White House arsenic onlookers unreserved to his aid.

Chilling footage shows photojournalist Samuel Mena Jr. wincing and screaming successful symptom aft mounting his near limb ablaze astatine a protestation connected Saturday.

Mena is captured holding onto his near limb arsenic it's engulfed by monolithic flames, holding it up precocious to drawback the attraction of chap protesters.

Self-proclaimed "visual storyteller" Mena waved his burning limb done the air, grabbing the attraction of different protesters - and the cops.

He besides reportedly shouted, among his screams of pain, "misinformation".

Mena cried: "I'm a journalist, and I said it was okay."

Shortly aft the writer sets his limb ablaze, bystanders desperately hurry to douse him successful h2o to extinguish the flames.

A video captured aft the occurrence was enactment retired shows the protester lasting with cops swarming him portion a chap protester frantically pours h2o implicit him.

His limb appears to beryllium a pasty achromatic and pinkish colour - suggesting it was severely burnt successful the blaze.

Mena wrote connected his website a justification for his actions astatine the protest, rambling astir issues helium takes with "objectivity arsenic it relates to journalism" implicit the Gaza war.

He said: "To the 10 1000 children successful Gaza that person mislaid a limb successful this conflict, I springiness my near limb to you.

"I commune my dependable was capable to rise up yours, and that your smiles ne'er disappear."

According to cops, Mena lit himself connected occurrence conscionable extracurricular of the White House astatine astir 5:45pm connected Saturday.

It is astir 1 twelvemonth connected from erstwhile the satellite watched successful fearfulness arsenic terrorists rampaged crossed confederate Israel, slaughtering much than 1,000 innocents and taking much than 250 hostages.