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Woman burns herself alive to protest the destruction of her home - PHOTOS

16 February 2010 [10:13] - TODAY.AZ
Protesting comes in a variety of forms. From simply standing on the corner chanting and holding signs to climbing up a tree and refusing to come down (like Darryl Hannah), expressing one’s disapproval for something is one of the most unique forms of expression.
Taking a page out of the Thích Quảng Đức playbook of protesting, a woman in the Jingniu district of Chengdu city lit herself on fire to protest being evicted from her residence and the subsequent demolition of the building.

Although blurry, the pictures of incident from HNCNN.com reveal the woman standing atop the smoking building located on Tianhuizhen Street, dousing herself in gasoline and setting herself on fire. Another photo, though blurry, reveals the severity of the woman’s burns as she lay on a gurney.

Whether or not the woman survived the terrifying and horribly unjustifiable ordeal is unknown.


/Weird Asia News/

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