Man sets himself on fire outside Israeli consulate over war in Gaza

A antheral doused himself successful gasoline earlier mounting himself connected occurrence adjacent Israel’s consulate successful Boston, it has been reported.

The incidental happened extracurricular the Four Seasons Hotel and crossed from the Israeli gathering connected Wednesday arsenic the US marked the 23rd day of the 9/11 panic attacks connected New York.

Footage shared by NBC10 Boston shows the antheral walking backmost and distant extracurricular the gathering earlier going up successful flames

People tin beryllium seen moving implicit successful an effort to extinguish the occurrence raging from his body.

A French tourer told section media that her fellow heard the unfortunate screaming successful pain, past went implicit and utilized his backpack to effort to extinguish the flames.

It is understood that helium was rushed to infirmary with superior burns, but constabulary person not shared further updated connected his information since then.

A video surfaced on societal media – hours earlier – successful which Matt Nelson, an anti-war activist, acceptable retired his plans to self-immolate to gully attraction to US’ enactment of Israel’s warfare successful Gaza aft Hamas’ massacre successful the state connected October 7.

The video lone surfaced via YouTube connected Friday, though constabulary person not confirmed the man’s identity.

‘My sanction is Matt Nelson and I americium astir to prosecute successful an utmost enactment of protest, helium says, speechmaking from a script.

He called connected the authorities to halt supplying Israeli authorities ‘with wealth and weapons it uses to imprison and execution guiltless Palestinians’ and to backmost the International Criminal Court’s indictment of Israeli premier curate Benjamin Netanyahu.

‘A ideology is expected to service the volition of the people, not the interests of the wealthy. Take the powerfulness back. Free Palestine,’ helium adds successful the clip.

To date, determination person been 3 acts of self-immolation successful the US since October 7, each successful protestation against Israel’s bloodshed.

In February, a serving subordinate of the US aerial unit has died aft helium acceptable himself connected occurrence successful protestation against the ‘genocide’ successful Palestine.

Aaron Bushnell, 25, self-immolated extracurricular the Israeli Embassy successful Washington DC and aboriginal died successful hospital.

And successful December past year, a pistillate who has not been named acceptable herself connected occurrence extracurricular of the Israeli consulate successful Atlanta.

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