Man dies after self-immolation at Kiwi parliament


A MAN who set himself on fire outside New Zealand’s parliament days ahead of a general election has died of his injuries, police said today.

The man turned himself into a human torch outside the Wellington building known as the Beehive yesterday, with police saying he later died after being taken to hospital in a critical condition.


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