A man set himself on fire on Tuesday February 7 in front of the Moroccan consulate in Madrid, police and diplomatic sources told AFP, without being able to indicate the motivations for his act.
According to a spokesman for the emergency services, the "
seriously burned
" man was treated at the Madrid hospital in La Paz.
“Help arrived very quickly”
A police source told AFP that this man had "
set himself on fire in front of the Moroccan consulate
", without being able to provide further details.
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“
We have no idea why he did this.
It happened very quickly, help arrived very quickly
,” the Moroccan embassy in Spain told AFP.
"
There was no contact with the consulate, it happened in front of the consulate
," she added.
Local media claim that this man is a Moroccan in his forties, which the embassy was unable to confirm.
"
I saw him running and there were people behind him who were trying to take off his clothes
" on fire, told Spanish public television a witness named Rachid, who also said he saw a man running with him. a fire extinguisher to try to put out the flames.
"
Seeing how the flames were coming from his head, I think he had poured gasoline on him
," he said.