A person attempts to set himself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has repercussions across the Atlantic. A person was seriously injured on Friday, December 1, while attempting to set himself on fire in front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, in the southeast of the United States, according to local authorities. This is probably a “extreme act of political protest”Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a press conference. “A Palestinian flag was on the scene”he added.

At midday, “a security guard noticed that a person was attempting to set themselves on fire” outside the building, Atlanta Fire Chief Roderick Smith said. While trying to stop him, the security guard was burned. “Both individuals suffered from burns” and were evacuated to a hospital. The person who tried to self-immolate “is in critical condition”continued Roderick Smith, specifying neither the age nor the gender of the two injured.