A man has set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where former U.S. President, Donald Trump is facing trial in the hush-money case.
Reuters reports that the man did not appear to have been targeting Trump.
It was reported that the man burnt for several minutes in full view of television cameras that were set up outside the courthouse, where the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president was being held.
“He was on fire for quite a while,” one witness, who declined to give his name, told reporters. “It was pretty horrifying.”
Officials said the man, who is in his late 30s, survived and was in critical condition at a hospital.
The man was said to have pulled pamphlets out of a backpack and threw them in the air before he doused himself with a liquid and set himself on fire.
One of those pamphlets included references to “evil billionaires” but portions that were visible to a Reuters witness did not mention Trump.
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