Emergency response vehicles near the Embassy of Israel in Washington on Feb. 25, 2024.
n active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, in apparent protest of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, which he described as a “genocide.” that it responded to an incident outside the embassy at 12:58 p.m. to find the fire extinguished by U.S. Secret Service members.
Bushnell, who was wearing fatigues on Sunday in Washington, was a DevOps engineer based in San Antonio, Texas, according to hissent a message to media outlets before his planned self-immolation. “Today, I am planning to engage in an extreme act of protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people,” he warned.
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