Man sets himself on fire in central Tokyo

Man sets himself on fire in central Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area near the South Exit of JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo after a man set himself on fire on a bridge girder (left bottom) on June 29, 2014. The middle-aged man, wearing a suit, used a megaphone to voice his opposition to the Japanese government's planned security policy change before pouring what appeared to be gasoline on himself and setting light to it. Fire services extinguished the blaze but the man was seriously injured.

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  • ILEA001202386
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  • 2014/6/29 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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  • 2014 Kyodo News
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