The police rescued the man.
A man set himself on fire on Friday in front of a New York court Donald Trump The criminal trial of a former US president is currently underway.
According to media reports, the man doused himself with liquid and set himself on fire in Collect Pond Park in front of the court, where supporters and opponents of the former president gathered. People at the scene called for help and tried to extinguish the burning man themselves, but the police finally rescued him. After the fire was extinguished, the man was taken to the hospital.
The reason for setting himself on fire is still unknown, and nothing is known about the man's condition.
The incident occurred shortly after the jury members were selected.
in New York Alvin Bragg, the Democratic Party-elected attorney general, indicted Donald Trump a year ago. According to the indictment, the former president illegally declared a larger campaign expense payment during his 2016 campaign, which was intended for, among other things, a former pornographic film actress in exchange for not speaking publicly about the fact that in the early 2000s Twenty. He knew Donald Trump, who was then active as a businessman.
The indictment includes 34 crimes punishable by severe imprisonment.
The trial was allowed to begin on Monday after the New York Court of Appeals last week rejected a request for a postponement submitted by Donald Trump's legal representatives. The trial is expected to last several weeks and will be followed by a preliminary ruling.
The former president has been indicted in a total of four cases, two under federal jurisdiction and two as federal indictments.
(MTI)