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Man Sets Himself on Fire Near Egyptian Parliament

   VOA News  17 January 2011
   Restaurant owner Abdouh Abdel Moneim, 49, lies in a hospital bed after
   he had set himself on fire near the parliament in Cairo, 17 Jan 2011

Photo: REUTERS

   Restaurant owner Abdouh Abdel Moneim, 49, lies in a hospital bed after
   he had set himself on fire near the parliament in Cairo, 17 Jan 2011

   An  Egyptian  man  set  himself on fire Monday near Egypt's parliament
   building  in what officials suspect was a protest against impoverished
   living standards.
   The  self-immolation  resembles one that spurred recent demonstrations
   in Tunisia.
   Witnesses  say  the man in Cairo doused himself with gasoline and then
   set it alight as people tried to come close to him.
   Policemen put the flames out. The man was taken to a Cairo hospital.
   The  Associated  Press  identified the man as a 48-year-old owner of a
   small restaurant from Qantara east of Cairo.
   It was the second self-immolation report of the day.
   A   43-year-old   Mauritanian  man  allegedly  dissatisfied  with  his
   government  also  was  hospitalized  after  setting himself on fire in
   Nouakchott.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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