Man sets himself on fire in the centre of Amsterdam.
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[QUOTE=sami-elite;29033581]His friend claimed that some refugee organization thing suggested he'd pretend to be gay so he'd get more help. What the hell.[/QUOTE]
I'll translate the latest news for people to read, give me a minute.
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[b]AMSTERDAM - The man who set himself on fire in Amsterdam on Wednesday died the following morning, a spokesman of the police reports.[/b]
The man, a 36-year old asylum seeker from Iran, set himself on fire Wednesday near a lot of bystanders.
The police wrongly reported that the man was due to deportation.
According to a spokesman of Gerd Leers(Immigration and Asylum) he was refused asylum last week.
The man lived in the Netherlands for quite some years and had multiple asylum procedures behind his back.
Leers called the event "Tragic". He points out that the procedures were done correctly and that the man had every right to appeal the decision.
[b]Bystanders[/b]
The man was on fire for two minutes. Bystanders eventually doused the flames with their coats.
According to witnesses the man made a confused expression and he was talking about his children. He also could have said that to be accepted for an asylum you would need to be "either gay or christian". Victim support is available for witnesses of the scene.
A friend of the victim claims that VluchtelingenWerk(A place where refugees go and get jobs) suggested to act like a gay man.
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