Egyptian man in Cairo's Tahrir Square sets himself on fire
The incident took place at the rallying point for Egypt's 2011 revolution.
A video has gone viral in Egypt that shows a man setting himself on fire Thursday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the rallying point of the country’s 2011 uprising.
According to Al Jazeera, the man in the video is first seen filming himself and complaining of government corruption. Drenched in kerosene, he then lights himself on fire before onlookers run over to put it out.
“People of my country, the richest country in the world, the best country in the world … it’s held by thieves,” he yells in the video.
The man is reportedly being treated for his burns at a Cairo hospital. Citing a source from Cairo’s security directorate, Reuters reports that the man told officials at the hospital that he worked at Egypt’s Central Auditing Organization.
