Self-immolation

Articles

• Man Sets Himself on Fire in Southern Morocco, Hospitalized with Burns
  15 January 2019, by Said

  An investigation has been opened by the judicial police of Tan-Tan, in southern Morocco, following the self-immolation of a man on the public highway.
  In a press release, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that this man sprinkled himself with gasoline around 4:30 a.m. for reasons that are still unknown. He took refuge, it is specified, in the security district where police officers managed to extinguish the fire and transfer him to the hospital.
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• Moroccan Woman Dies After Brutal Assault and Immolation in Fez
  22 July 2019, by Kamal

  Last Ramadan, the young Hayat was returning home to Fez, from Casablanca where she works, when an individual intercepted her at the bus station. She had planned to spend the Eid al-Fitr holidays with her mother.
  Kidnapped by force, the young girl was taken to an isolated house, in the Ouled Taieb region. In this isolated place, the victim suffered the worst physical and sexual abuse. Her tormentor then sprayed her with gasoline, before setting fire to her body, causing very serious burns. (…)

• Moroccan Student Dies After Self-Immolation at Vocational Training Center in Casablanca
  3 October 2019, by Ginette

  It was at the Office of Vocational Training and Employment Promotion (OFPPT) located in Hay Mohammadi in Casablanca that a student set his body on fire. Rushed to Moulay Rachid Hospital, he died on Tuesday.
  According to Barlamane.com, it was following an altercation with his teacher that the student self-immolated by dousing himself with gasoline before igniting it.
  The teacher’s attempt to quickly prevent him was in vain. The teacher also paid the price, as he was burned on his hands (…)

• Tragic Self-Immolation in Casablanca After Romantic Rejection
  28 November 2019, by Kamal

  A young man in his twenties died this week from self-immolation after a romantic disappointment.
  The incident occurred earlier this week in the Attacharouk neighborhood of Casablanca. The young man could not bear being rejected by a young woman to whom he had just declared his love.
  Unable to cope with this rejection, he decided to douse himself with gasoline before setting himself on fire. The attempts of passersby failed to reduce the intensity of the fire, which resulted in (…)

• Rejected Suitor Sets Girlfriend Ablaze in Deadly Attack Near Nador, Morocco
  9 January 2020, by Kamal

  After refusing his marriage proposal, a young man committed a massacre in El Aroui, near Nador. He set fire to his girlfriend and her mother, resulting in the death of the former and serious burns to the latter.
  Aged 24, the individual sprayed the bodies of his victims with gasoline before setting them on fire. Taken to the emergency room of the hospital, the young girl succumbed to her injuries while the mother is still in intensive care, reports the website Akhbarona.
  An investigation (…)

• Moroccan Mother Attempts Self-Immolation After Losing Child Custody in Spanish Court
  22 January 2020, by Kamal

  A Moroccan national attempted to self-immolate on Monday, January 20, in reaction to the verdict of the family court in Valencia, which deprived her of custody of her child.
  Married to an Italian citizen, the victim had opted for residence in Spain, following a marital conflict. Her spouse, refusing to be deprived of his son, had filed a legal request for custody of the child.
  The court’s verdict in favor of the father was not to the liking of the mother, who decided to sprinkle herself (…)

• Moroccan Man Critically Burned in Self-Immolation Attempt Near Spanish Police Station
  15 February 2020, by Kamal

  A Moroccan national was seriously injured, his vital prognosis being engaged. He tried to immolate himself by fire, in front of a police station, in the town of Beniajan, 5 km from Murcia.
  Witnesses on the spot reported that the Moroccan had sprayed himself with a flammable liquid before setting his body on fire. The serious injuries caused by the burns had required his emergency transfer to the Murcia hospital.
  Despite the rapid intervention of the police services, who had managed to (…)

• Moroccan Woman Jailed for Attempted Immolation of Husband Over Alleged Affairs
  3 June 2020, by Kamal

  A woman was placed in pre-trial detention for attempting, in the middle of last week, to burn her husband alive. The victim, with first-degree burns, is still hospitalized.
  Before the court, the accused tried to defend her case, blaming her spouse for his numerous infidelities. According to her, he would have humiliated her by frequenting young women on the internet.
  Questioned about the attempted homicide by immolation, the wife and mother of 4 children confessed to having acted in a (…)

• Woman Attempts Self-Immolation at Marrakech Airport After Missing Flight
  3 August 2020, by Kamal

  A 37-year-old woman took the security services by surprise by attempting to set herself on fire inside the Marrakech-Menara International Airport.
  The incident took place on Sunday morning in the airport’s reception hall, according to the statement of the General Directorate of National Security, which specifies that an investigation has been opened by the prefectural judicial police service.
  The young woman was apprehended by the national security elements, immediately after she had (…)

• French Student Activist Remains in Critical Condition After Self-Immolation Attempt
  19 November 2019, by New

  The health condition of the student who tried to self-immolate in the middle of the street last Friday, November 8 in Lyon, has stabilized in recent days. However, his health remains critical.
  "Anas is under deep anesthesia since his arrival at the hospital. His condition has been stable for a few days. He is clinging on and fighting," according to his relatives quoted by Le Parisien. His friend confides that he "is in an artificial coma" and that "his condition is stabilizing".
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