{{A man has set himself on fire in central Tunis, just hours before the country’s legislators were to vote on a new government entrusted with pulling the country out of a deep political crisis.}}
Tuesday’s gesture recalled the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, whose death ignited a revolt in the North African country that echoed across the Arab world.
“This is a young man who sells cigarettes because of unemployment,” the man shouted before immolating himself on Habib Bourguiba avenue, according to a witness.
Security forces and bystanders tried to extinguish the flames before the man was rushed to hospital, witnesses said.
A hospital source said he was “in a critical condition and only his feet were not burned”.
The reason for his action was immediately clear.
aljazeera
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