20140101 korea Anti-Park protester sets himself on fire, dies
Korea Jan 01 2014 “Other”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Anti-Park protester sets himself on fire, dies
Updated: 2014-01-01-16:26
A 40-year-old man died after setting himself on fire on an overpass near Seoul Station on Tuesday, police said.
The man, identified by his surname Lee, self-immolated at 5:35 p.m., Tuesday, and was declared dead after being taken to a hospital.
Shortly before the suicide, Lee held a rally, holding two placards calling for President Park Geun-hye’s resignation and a special prosecutor investigation into alleged government meddling in the 2012 presidential election.
Police found a note he left at the scene. The note starts with, “How are you all doing?,” an anti-government message which has been spreading rapidly at universities.
Websource:Korea times
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/01/113_148998.html