Man attempts to set himself on fire in Beersheba
Security guard prevents person from self-immolating at the entrance to city hall
Stuart Winer is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.
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A man tried to set himself on fire at the entrance of the Beersheba municipality building Monday.
The man, who is known to the welfare services, was not injured in the incident as a security guard and passersby at the scene prevented him from starting the fire. The man was taken into police custody.
The incident is the second self-torching attempt since a man set himself on fire at a protest in Tel Aviv Saturday night. Moshe Silman is still in critical condition with burns over 94% of his body.
On Sunday, Ynet reported, a man entered a branch of the Orange cellphone company in Petah Tikva with a bottle of flammable liquid and threatened to set himself ablaze in protest over a bill for NIS 20,000. Security guards overpowered the man before he could carry out his threat and held him until police arrived.
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