Tunisian striker Nizar Issaoui has died after setting himself Ablaze in protest against ‘police injustice’.
Issaoui, a former player for US Monastir, set himself on fire outside a police station on Thursday.
35-year-old Issaoui, suffered third-degree burns and was taken to the specialist burns hospital in Tunis, but doctors were unable to save his life.
Issaoui’s brother, Ryad said he was buried yesterday.
The footballer had claimed police accused him of “terrorism” when he complained about the price of a banana.
The father-of-four had published a video on Facebook saying he was protesting against police as he had been falsely accused of terrorism in Haffouz, Kairouan, central Tunisia.
Issaoui decided to make his protest against the police after officers accused him of terrorism when he complained that he was unable to buy bananas for less than 10 dinars ($3.30) a kilogramme, double the price set by the government.
In a Facebook post shortly before his fatal action, Issaoui said, “For a dispute with someone selling bananas at 10 dinars, I get accused of terrorism at the police station.
Terrorism for a complaint about bananas.”
He also said he had sentenced himself to “death by fire”.
“I have no more energy. Let the police state know that the sentence will be executed today,” he wrote.
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