Algerian sets himself on fire outside justice ministry

ALGIERS: A man set himself on fire outside Algeria´s justice ministry in the capital on Sunday, sources told AFP while a video of the incident was circulating on social media.

Faouzi Zegout, from the town of Frenda, about 340-kms west of Algiers, according to local media, doused himself in petrol near the government building and set himself alight. However, security guards from the ministry quickly intervened and extinguished the flames leaving him with only minor injuries, sources told AFP. “Faouzi Zegout is in the Algiers burns hospital,” but “is doing well,” reported local outlet Frenda News on Facebook, without citing any sources.