13-10-05 Low grade civil war in the United States: Self immolation in the Washington Mall

Man sets himself on fire at National Mall, one witness says his accomplice filmed the entire ordeal: report

"Police responded to reports of a self-immolation at the National Mall on Friday. The man was rushed to a local hospital by helicopter after using fuel to set himself ablaze near the National Gallery of Art in the middle of the mall, which remains closed due to the U.S. government shutdown."

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Surely media would claim that he was a psycho, but I can't recall similar claims regarding self-immolation by buddhist priests in Tibet...