The airman, who filmed the incident and could be heard yelling “Free Palestine,” was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after collapsing to the ground.

The airman, who filmed the incident and could be heard yelling “Free Palestine,” was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after collapsing to the ground.

The U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., in an apparent protest against the Israel-Hamas war has died, according to a U.S. official.

Next of kin notification is continuing, so the Air Force won’t release his name until 24 hours after the final notification is complete.

The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department responded to a call about a person on fire outside the embassy just before 1 p.m. Sunday, and found the flames extinguished by the Secret Service’s uniformed division.

  • DrPop@lemmy.world
    82·
    9 months ago

    Are you a troll or something? Would you say the same thing to the Buddhist mini who did the exact same thing for similar reasons? This isn’t tiktok, his family is probably traumatized but this man died for believing in something which is more than most of us can say.

    • flakpanzer@lemmy.world
      313·
      9 months ago

      Oh so now are we supposed to praise people who are mentally ill to such an extent that they are setting themselves on fire, just because it’s for a “cause” you support? What’s the next step, praise Hamas suicide bombers? You fucking absolute hypocrite.