Moroccan protester sets fire to himself
A demonstrator in Morocco has set himself ablaze in protest at judiciary neglect, and is receiving treatment in hospital.
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The protesters actions will bring to mind those of Tunisian fruit-seller Mohamed Bouazizi [Getty]
A door-to-door salesman is receiving medical treatment after setting himself on fire in a public prosecutor's office, local media has reported.
The protester's identity has yet to be revealed, but it is known he was frustrated at the judiciary's alleged inaction on a complaint he had filed in the southern city of Agadir, over a simple vehicle collision.
Suffering second-degree burns, he was taken to hospital with a police escort, reported Lakome 2, a Moroccan news website.
He will face questioning to determine whether he should face legal action.
His actions will bring to mind the fatal protest of young Tunisian fruit-seller Mohamed Bouazizi, who set himself alight in December 2010 and died a month later, sparking a revolution in his country and the 2011 Arab Spring.
In 2013, a door-to-door salesman in Marrakech, in central of Morocco - a country where the World Bank says one in three young people are jobless - died after setting himself on fire to protest against the confiscation of his merchandise.
The protester's identity has yet to be revealed, but it is known he was frustrated at the judiciary's alleged inaction on a complaint he had filed in the southern city of Agadir, over a simple vehicle collision.
Suffering second-degree burns, he was taken to hospital with a police escort, reported Lakome 2, a Moroccan news website.
He will face questioning to determine whether he should face legal action.
His actions will bring to mind the fatal protest of young Tunisian fruit-seller Mohamed Bouazizi, who set himself alight in December 2010 and died a month later, sparking a revolution in his country and the 2011 Arab Spring.
In 2013, a door-to-door salesman in Marrakech, in central of Morocco - a country where the World Bank says one in three young people are jobless - died after setting himself on fire to protest against the confiscation of his merchandise.
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