A US airman has died after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC. The man was identified by police as Aaron Bushnell, 25, of San Antonio, Texas.
Officers from the US Secret Service extinguished the flames before the man was taken to hospital on Sunday afternoon.
Before setting himself on fire, he said he would “no longer be complicit in genocide”.
In a video aired live on a streaming site, Twitch, the man identified himself and said he was a serving member of the Air Force.
The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington said that it was “not confirming the authenticity of the video”.
No embassy staff members were injured in the incident, said a spokeswoman for the embassy.
The incident happened at 13:00 local time (18:00 GMT) on Sunday.
A bomb disposal unit was sent to the site over concerns about a suspicious vehicle that could have been connected to the individual.
This was later declared safe after no hazardous materials were found.
Credit: bbc.com
