Veteran Sets Fire to Himself in Front of State Capitol

According the AJC, a 58 year-old Air Force Veteran who was disgruntled with the VA, set himself on fire with a homemade device, firecrackers, and flammable liquid outside the Capitol in Atlanta this morning.

From GSP Capt. Mark Perry,

“He was strapped with some homemade incendiary devices (and) firecrackers, and doused himself with some kind of flammable liquid” before lighting the fireworks.

The man, who has not been identified, was rushed to Grady Hospital and is said to have burns over 80%-90% of his body.

No one else was hurt.

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