Man Who Set Himself On Fire In Washington Dies ~ THE 5TH ESTATE ASIA

Sunday, October 06, 2013

Man Who Set Himself On Fire In Washington Dies

Sunday, October 06, 2013

Obama, Boner: "So what? Let the peasants have a barbeque"

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10/05/2013

The man who set himself on fire at the US National Mall Friday afternoon has died from his injuries, a DC police spokesman confirmed.

Murdering monkey could give a shit about Americans

As the Associated Press reports, Officer Araz Alali said the man, who has not yet been identified, died on Friday night after he was transported to an area hospital.

His burns were so severe that authorities will have to use DNA and dental records to make a positive identification.

The man doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire at 7th Street and Madison Drive near the National Air and Space Museum in the center of the National Mall in Washington, DC, the Washington Times reported.

Joggers in the immediate area were able to contain the flames by using their shirts.

"There were five gentlemen hitting him with their T-shirts," said Nicole Didyk, an environmental engineer for the Federal Aviation Administration, told NBCNews.com. "When he fell over his arms were all white. He was burned really bad."

U.S. now a Third World country like Vietnam

The man was transported by helicopter to MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where he died later that night. Authorities are looking into any possible motive for the self-immolation. It is now believed that the man had an accomplice who filmed the entire thing.

Kathy Scheflen, a civil rights attorney who works for the Justice Department, told the New York Daily News she stopped because she saw a man with a tripod and a camera set up. "He was aware something was about to happen,” she said. “Otherwise he was filming nothing but a guy standing there."

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Scheflen said she saw the other man then douse himself in gasoline and set himself on fire. "It was obviously an intentional act," she said. "Somebody has a video of the whole thing."

As the Examiner points out, the incident took place just blocks from where Miriam Carey was shot dead by police at the Capitol after trying to ram through a White House gate. International Business Times

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