Unemployed Tunisian Man Sets Himself Ablaze

Frusutrated 27 year old jobless Tunisian man decides to set himself alight in protest of lack of employment.

Badly burnt and in critical condition

The young man drenched his body in Petrol and set himself ablaze

The incident was a retrospect of the suicide of Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation that he reported was inflicted on him by a municipal official and her aides. His act became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution[2] and the wider Arab Spring, inciting demonstrations and riots throughout Tunisia in protest of social and political issues in the country. - Wikipedia

The rate of unemployment in Tunisa is 17 percent, while in Nigeria it's roughly 24 percent but no one has offered himself as a sacrifice yet. Are Nigerians cowards or are they are bit wiser?

I think Nigerians know that when there is life, there is hope

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Security personnel and passersby we able to quickly quench the fire

Paramedics take him to the Hospital

The man is believed to be from a poor town in Tunisia

It happened outside the municipal theatre in the capital's main Habib Bourguiba Avenue