Lebanese Woman Dies in Self-Immolation

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A Lebanese woman died on Wednesday after setting herself on fire at her house near the southern city of Tyre, the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA said that B.Z., 38, was killed when she self-immolated at her home in the area of al-Marj in Jwayya.

Her husband was injured as he tried to rescue her, it said.

Security forces launched an investigation into the incident, whose cause remained unknown.

Comments 7
Missing allouchi 27 February 2013, 14:24

Why? may she rest in peace...

Thumb andre.jabbour 27 February 2013, 14:29

Desperate people, desperate measures... RIP B.Z.

Default-user-icon iNcorruptible (Guest) 27 February 2013, 14:59

38 year-old...? Perhaps it wasn't really "self" immolation...

Missing lappeaudecouille 27 February 2013, 17:38

Has this happened before in Lebanon? If not why now?

Thumb jabal10452 27 February 2013, 20:48

7aram. Alla yérhama.

Thumb music66 28 February 2013, 08:38

ya haram, Zapata dont make assumptions, only Allah knows why this women went through this.
May god protect us from the hellfire when we leave this earth. And I there is no escape unfortunately we are all born and we all some day have to depart.

Default-user-icon Rami (Guest) 28 February 2013, 13:34

What if it was the husband himself who did it and burned his hands while doing so? how can they be so rapidly sure that it was a suicide?