Man reportedly on fire outside of New York Trump trial
Al Jazeera
Emergency crews doused the flames and man taken away on stretcher, according to US media reports.
A man was reportedly on fire outside of the Manhattan courthouse where former United States President Donald Trump is standing trial on criminal charges for falsifying business records.
CNN reported the man was covered in flames outside of the courthouse. Inside, the fourth day of the Trump trial was unfolding, with jury selection concluding.
A correspondent for the network was reporting live on air when the incident occurred at a park across the street.
“There is chaos that is happening,” she said. “I can smell the burning of agent used.”
“We now have officers removing their coats, trying to surround his body to engulf him from further going into flames,” she said. “People are climbing over the barricade to try to separate the public from this man.”
