A man set himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial was taking place, witnesses said.
Witness to incident says man threw pamphlets in air, then lit himself on fire
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A police officer uses a fire extinguisher as emergency personnel on Friday respond to the scene where a person was covered in flames outside the courthouse in New York where former U.S. president Donald Trump’s hush-money trial is underway. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
A man set himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial was taking place, witnesses said.
A witness at the scene said he first heard the man throwing pamphlets into the air, then saw him douse himself from a can and light himself on fire.
“At that point, I said, ‘Oh shoot, what am I going to see?'” the witness told Reuters.