A man has died after police say he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Northwest, D.C. on Sunday. The man is allegedly an active-duty member with the U.S. Air Force. A DC Police spokesperson confirmed the man died from his injuries Monday morning.
Just before 1 p.m., DC Fire received a call about a person on fire. When they arrived, they found the fire had been extinguished by Secret Service, said Vito Maggiolo, the public information officer with DC Fire.
The man was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for critical, life-threatening injuries after lighting himself on fire, according to Maggiolo. A DC Police spokesperson confirmed the man died from his injuries Monday morning.
Police later identified the man as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell of San Antonio, Texas.
A spokesperson from the Israeli Embassy said “no embassy staff were injured and are safe.”
In a video obtained of the incident, investigators say Bushnell identifies himself as an Air Force member and says, “I will no longer be complicit in genocide” before going on to say what he’s about to do is minimal compared to the suffering of Palestinians.
He then sets a camera on the ground in front of him and pours an unknown liquid all over himself. Investigators say while igniting the liquid, he kept yelling “Free Palestine” repeatedly.
Police also investigated a “suspicious vehicle” it said may be connected to the man who set himself on fire, but the car was cleared at 4 p.m. Police say no hazardous material was found. That car was later towed.
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SHAME TO BIDEN . .
Free Palestine from Zionists
The individual clearly didn't want the guilt of innocent lives on his conscience. The constant focus on Israel's issues and their overreach is exhausting. Their perpetual portrayal as victims is also challenging to stomach. Consider the historical context – how many indigenous people were slain by Spanish conquistadors? How many Africans were eradicated by Europeans? Yet, our media is saturated with films about the Nazis. This bias needs to be addressed.
So the military had a mentally ill self proclaimed anarchist sets self on fire. People like this are in control of weapons or military information. Sounds like there is a major issue in the military.
According to friends he was raise in a cult like setting, he was a member of a socialist party. Crazy
Not surprised someone who supports those in Gaza is acting insane🤣
woke traitor
الحق يعلو ولا يعلى عليه
Do you think the Israeli people care about you ? I don't think so 😢 , your government will still send the $95 billion dollars tax payers hard working American families middle-class money to Israel Ukraine and Taiwan. Rest in peace man 😢
Socialism destroys whatever it touches.
Israel dog of USA, USA dog of Israel….. This is big reality in this life .. Europe countries!!!.? They are just talking talking talking,why!? Because Zionists kills innocent Muslimspeople in Palestine,
If I drink poison, do you die?
In other news……
This is the true example of a person who refused to participate or even to see all that injustice befalling our people in occupied Palestine, so he expressed in his own way his rejection of all that injustice and the genocide carried out by every cooperator who remained silent about what was happening because he could not Except for him to sacrifice his life in order for his message to reach the whole world, and it did, but the price was his life. May Good god have mercy on that young man. Words cannot express my regret and sadness for the loss of a young man like him, Rest in peace, pure soul😞😞😞🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
And not a word from the dummy in charge
This soldier have more morals than our whole American sold out politicians and army together. When tyrants find out. Their enemies are not of the people anymore. They become monsters killing machines. Are we or not, supposed to be the defenders and leaders of humans rights? This is incredible. We gift every year, Israel billions of our American tax payers money and still they have to decide and dictated our domestic and foreign policies. And all we supposed to do is wait and obey them. Have we American become such sore losers and traitors to our own constitution, values and self determination? History books don't lie Gaza, Rafah and the West Bank were for thousands of years part of a sovereign nation called Palestine until 1948. Not countries apart. Are this people God chosen ones or not? How God could be so wrong? And we so blind and indifferent?
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
stop the war now now and help the people not by fukn war on the poor people of palastain ffffffff
I'm wondering why it's Israel's duty to free them when it could be Jorden or Egypt??
Why no one is saying the truth? "THEY KILLED HIM" it's not a suicide.
It's a suicidal act that could be stopped by wet tissues, they used fire extinguisher which is basically CO2 so he was suffocated to death. IT'S A MURDER.
Mental issue! He's NOT A MARTYR like hamas terrorists and terrorist supporters make him out to be. These people hate you too.
saying he is in critical condition your a joke @WUSA9 he was dead before got to hospital . If there is thermal injury to your respiratory tract or lungs, you may only live a few minutes. wich he clear breths in the flames as shouting
this act was evidence of mental illness. He should not have done it. It will not have the effects people believe it will have; it won't change anything involving the conflict with Israel and Palestine. And nobody should condone this behavior and I do not respect his actions. Rest in peace to the man for he was going through something tough and did have good intentions with a respectable cause. But his actions were done out of desperation and mental unwellness as well. It should not be replicated and I repeat, it will not benefit Palestine in any real way. Next to no amount of people will have their views swayed on the conflict from this event. It's just a tragedy. The discussion will not turn into people talking about Palestine but about the ethics involving extreme acts of protest and self-immolation. Once again, rest in peace to Aaron and one more time as well: this behavior should not be promoted, glorified, or even respected. And most definitely should NOT be replicated.
Could she sound any less human?
Isn't Hamas the ones calling for Genocide? 😂 irony
What this soldier did is showing the life of every person living in Gaza now. We felt sorry for him because he was one, but we saw how he suffered. Can you believe that this is the life of two million displaced people from Gaza? Some of them had their legs amputated, and some of them had their skin burned and died. Even nerves and muscles, and some of them died of hunger because they had not eaten for weeks
christian become slave of jews.jews rule christian
I don't even remember what he looked like. 🙂
PALESTINESI LIBERI NELLE TERRE DI PALESTINA!!!
Chi non riconosce certe libertà FONDAMENTALI è uno sporco DITTATORE(da rimuovere da ruoli istituzionali!)!!!
lmao, what a dummy
When you realize ,how evil the USA military is, 5 service personal a day commit suicide.
All Muslims extend their condolences to your family, Aron, you are a true human being who did not accept injustice, genocide, and the Palestinian people at the hands of the occupying gangs. To the eternal gardens, my brother Aron, your name will be immortalized in the memory of every free human being in this world❤️