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Spain: a man sets himself on fire in front of the Moroccan consulate in Madrid

2023-02-07T16:13:54.969Z


A man set himself on fire on Tuesday February 7 in front of the Moroccan consulate in Madrid, police and diplomatic sources told AFP.


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.

Source: lefigaro

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