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THIS is the horrifying moment a pro-Palestine protester sets himself on fire in front of the White House as onlookers desperately rush to his aid.
Chilling footage shows photojournalist Samuel Mena Jr. wincing and screaming in pain after setting his left arm ablaze at a protest on Saturday.
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EPAMena is captured holding onto his left arm as it’s engulfed by massive flames, holding it up high to grab the attention of fellow protesters.
Self-proclaimed “visual storyteller” Mena waved his burning arm through the air, grabbing the attention of other protesters – and the cops.
He also reportedly shouted, among his screams of pain, “misinformation”.
Mena cried: “I’m a journalist, and I said it was okay.”
Shortly after the journalist sets his arm ablaze, bystanders desperately hurry to douse him in water to extinguish the flames.
A video captured after the fire was put out shows the protester standing with cops swarming him while a fellow protester frantically pours water over him.
His arm appears to be a pasty white and pink color – suggesting it was severely burnt in the blaze.
Mena wrote on his website a justification for his actions at the protest, talking about issues he takes with “objectivity as it relates to journalism” over the Gaza war.
He said: “To the 10 thousand children in Gaza that have lost a limb in this conflict, I give my left arm to you.
“I pray my voice was able to raise up yours, and that your smiles never disappear.”
According to cops, Mena lit himself on fire just outside of the White House at around 5:45pm on Saturday.
It is almost one year on from when the world watched in horror as terrorists rampaged across southern Israel, slaughtering more than 1,000 innocents and taking more than 250 hostages.
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