American airman dies after setting himself ablaze outside Israeli embassy in Washington

A member of the US Air Force passed away after setting himself ablaze in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC.

According to the police, the man is identified as Aaron Bushnell and he is 25 years of age. He’s from San Antonio, Texas.

The Secret Service officers put out the fire and then took the man to the hospital on Sunday afternoon.

Before he lit himself on fire, he said he didn’t want to be part of genocide anymore.

The man went onto a live video on Twitch and said he was in the Air Force.

The Washington Metropolitan Police Department said that they are not sure if the video is real.

A person from the embassy said that no one who works there got hurt in the event.

The event occurred at 1:00pm local time (6:00pm GMT) on Sunday.

A squad that handles bombs was called to the area because there was worry about a strange vehicle that might have been linked to the person.

This was later said to be safe because no dangerous materials were found.

DC police said that they are working with the US Secret Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to look into what happened.

Mr Bushnell was very sick and had to go to the hospital.

This has happened before, when someone set themselves on fire outside an Israeli embassy in the US.

In December, someone protested by lighting themselves on fire in front of the Israeli consulate in Georgia.