A protester is in critical condition after setting themselves on fire outside an Israeli consulate in the United States in what police said was an “extreme act of political protest”.
Officials said a Palestinian flag was recovered from the scene of the blaze which occurred just after midday Friday outside the Consulate General of Israel in Atlanta.
Atlanta police Chief Darin Schierbaum said the unidentified protester, who had used petrol as an accelerant, suffered “100 per cent burns”.
JUST IN: A pro-Palestine protester is in critical condition after they set themselves on fire in "political protest" outside of the Israeli Consulate office in Atlanta.
The protester was reportedly draped in a Palestine flag.
The protester has severe burns and unfortunately, a… pic.twitter.com/B8nUQAj2nU
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