Yesterday, a man set himself on fire in the Avenue of Habib Bourguiba.
In this context, the” Voice of America” published an article on september, 11th, 2021 entitled “Second Tunisian Man Dies After Setting Himself Ablaze” .
Both acts recall the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, the street seller whose suicide by fire on Dec. 17, 2010, launched Tunisia’s revolution that in turn sparked the Arab Spring that toppled several autocratic leaders in the region, according to this article.
A witness, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the man had arrived at the iconic avenue in central Tunis accompanied by a younger man and tried to attract the attention of some journalists who were present there.The man then doused himself with flammable material that he set on fire with a lighter, the witness said, acoording to the same source.
Recall that, Neji Hefiane, 26, died in a hospital on the southern outskirts of Tunis on Sept. 4 after having set himself alight in front of his family, his father said.
“It was the injustice and marginalization he suffered that pushed my son to kill himself,” his father, Bechir Hefiane, said on Monday.
He said he wrote to President Kais Saied explaining his son’s case and asking him to intervene on behalf of the struggling family that lives in a working-class Tunis district.
“We’ve got no reply, even after my son’s death,” he adde; that’s how the “Voice of America ended its article .
