Published 09/15/2024 6:10:00 p.m.

Man sets himself on fire outside Israeli consulate over war in Gaza

A man set himself on fire in downtown Boston near the Public Garden around 8 p.m. On Wednesday.
The incident occurred at 19 Columbus Avenue, close to the Israeli Consulate in New England.
The man, identifying himself as Matt Nelson, claimed in a video that his act was an extreme protest against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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Metro News

Man sets himself on fire outside Israeli consulate over war in Gaza

A large police presence was seen outside in the hours after the incident (Picture: WCVB) A man doused himself in gasoline before setting himself on fire near Israel’s consulate in Boston, it has been reported. The incident happened outside the Four Seasons Hotel and across from the Israeli building on Wednesday as the US marked the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on New York. Footage shared by NBC10 Boston shows the man walking back …

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Anadolu Ajansı

Man sets himself on fire in front of Israeli Consulate in Boston

‘I’m Matt Nelson, and I'm about to engage in an extreme act of protest. We are all culpable in the ongoing genocide in Gaza,’ says American activist in video - Anadolu Ajansı

09/16/2024 4:18:00 a.m.

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Boston Herald

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La Tercera

A man sets himself on fire in Boston to denounce the Israeli offensive in Gaza

A man set himself on fire last Wednesday in front of the Israeli Consulate in Boston apparently to protest the Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip. The man set himself on fire around 8.15 pm on Wednesday. His current condition is not known, but it has been confirmed that he was taken with serious burns to a hospital. Eyewitnesses have told the Boston branch of the ABC television network that the man set himself on fire in front of the F…

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