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Four More Set Themselves on Fire as Political Protest Grows
Jan 18th 2011 – 5:07PM
One man died and three others were injured -- including a French teenager -- when they lit themselves on fire amid a spate of self-immolations apparently meant to serve as a form of anti-government political protest across the Middle East. Ahmed Hashem Al-Sayed, 25, died today in Egypt after he lit himself on fire on the...
At Least 6 Copycats Follow Tunisian's Self-Immolation
Jan 17th 2011 – 11:12AM
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An Egyptian man who set himself on fire today in front of the parliament building in Cairo was the latest in a wave of self-immolations in North Africa since a Tunisian man's fiery suicide sparked a revolution last month. At least five other copycat burnings, which appear to be in protest of economic conditions, have been...
Background on self immolations
This is a list of notable self-immolations done for political reasons. Non-political self-immolations are not included in the list.
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