An active-duty airman set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. today, in uniform.
EMS took the man to an area hospital, saying he was suffering from “critical life threatening injuries.”.
On X, former known as Twitter, Jane reports that the man in Air Force uniform said he was “an active duty member of the U.S. Air Force and I will no longer be complicit in genocide.”
A spokesperson for the U.S. Air Force confirmed to Task & Purpose that the man in uniform is an active-duty airman, however the Air Force did not confirm the man’s identity or rank in the military.
After emergency services transported the man to a hospital, authorities searched the area around the embassy.
In December, a person set themselves on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta in protest of the war.
Update 2/25/2024: This story has been updated with confirmation from the U.S. Air Force that the man who set himself on fire is an active-duty member of the Air Force. »
