Air Force member sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.
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An active-duty U.S. Air Force member is in critical condition after he set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, officials said.
The man set himself on fire around 1 p.m. ET and both the U.S. Secret Service and Metropolitan Police Department responded, the agencies said.
The embassy said in a statement to CBS News that no staff members were injured and the person who set himself on fire was not known to the embassy.
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