Last Updated: February 26, 2024, 20:50 IST
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“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the person apparently mentioned earlier than setting himself alight. (Image/X@safieddine00)
The US Air Force soldier had live-streamed the self-immolation motion on Twitch standing exterior the gates of the Israeli embassy and figuring out himself as a member of the US Air Force
A US Air Force soldier who set himself on fireplace exterior the Israeli embassy in Washington over the weekend in protest in opposition to the warfare in Gaza has died, the Pentagon mentioned Monday.
The active-duty airman was recognized as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell, of San Antonio, Texas, an Al Jazeera report mentioned.
According to the Washington Fire Department, emergency responders on Sunday had rushed to the scene simply earlier than 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) in response to a “call for person on fire outside the Israeli Embassy.”
The fireplace officers rushed to the incident web site to search out that officers from the Secret Service had already extinguished the fireplace. The soldier was initially transported to hospital with “critical life-threatening injuries,” the fireplace division famous.
An AFP report quoted an Air Force spokeswoman as saying that the unnamed “individual involved in Sunday’s incident succumbed to his injuries and passed away last night.”
“We will provide additional details 24 hours after next-of-kin notifications are complete,” the spokeswoman mentioned.
The US Air Force soldier had live-streamed the self-immolation motion on Twitch standing exterior the gates of the Israeli embassy and figuring out himself as a member of the US Air Force.
“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the person apparently mentioned earlier than setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”
A spokesperson for the Israeli embassy mentioned no member of workers had been injured within the incident, and that the person had no direct hyperlinks to the embassy.
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