Algeria: Three attempt suicide by self burning

  1. Posted on Thursday 20 January 2011 - 10:22
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    Kingsley Kobo, AfricaNews reporter in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
    Three people in Algeria set themselves on fire Wednesday, bringing the total number of such suicidal actions to eight in a week, in a bid to imitate the protester who sparked Tunisia's month-long uprising that deposed the former president.
    Algeria: Three attempt suicide by self burning
    A 37-year-old father of six, poured petrol over himself in the main market of El Oued in the east of the country, near the Tunisian border, but people around him stopped him setting himself alight, AFP said.

    A woman in her fifties who was protesting in front of the town hall in Sidi Ali Benyoub, southwest of Algiers, after being denied housing aid, soaked herself with an inflammable product and tried to set herself on fire but a local official intervened timely to stop her, El Watan daily reported Wednesday.

    A 35-year-old man was also in critical condition after setting himself alight near the town hall of Dellys, outside of Algiers, according to AFP.

    "He was admitted on Tuesday night in critical condition. Ninety-five percent of his body is covered with third-degree burns," a hospital official told AFP.

    Public anger over unemployment and rising costs also caused widespread demonstrations in Algeria earlier this month which left five people dead and more than 800 injured.

    Similar self-torching protests have been recorded in other parts of the Arab world, including in Egypt where one person died of his injuries on Tuesday.

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  1. Posted on Monday 24 January 2011 18:53
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    My name is Alexis the main idea of this article is that sucide people trying to kill themselves dont know why they started a fire and i guess ran intothe fiee and over 800 people got injured My personal opinon is that these people are crazy.
    :P and many have metal promblems
    :D
    :6
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    la chava
  2. Posted on Monday 24 January 2011 18:53
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    MY name is Brynne The main idea of this passage is that three people in Alferia set themselves in fire.
    MrWashington modified this message on 24-01-2011 18:57 with 32%
    la chava
  3. Posted on Monday 24 January 2011 18:55
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    that is just sad D:
    la chava
  4. Posted on Monday 24 January 2011 18:55
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    quote:
    MrWashington wrote on 24 January 2011 @ 18:55:
    that is just sad D:
    no its not
    la chava

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