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He set himself on fire in front of the municipality: Footage of the incident has emerged

Security camera footage from the municipality has emerged of the individual who set himself on fire in the Afşin district of Kahramanmaraş and later passed away in the hospital where he was receiving treatment.

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He set himself on fire in front of the municipality: Footage of the incident has emerged

According to the informationobtained, the incidenttook place on December 5 at Afşin Municipality. Arriving at the front of the municipality in his vehicle, a father of 5 namedMercimek started a live broadcast on his social media account using his mobilephone.After claiming that he had been beaten, he poured flammablesubstance descended Nuh Mercimek (45) set himself on fire. Mercimek, whose flames were extinguished by bystanders, suffered burns on hisbody. Nuh Mercimek, who was taken to Afşin State Hospital by medical teams and later transferred to Şanlıurfa, lost his life.

It was revealed that approximately 5 months before setting himself on fire, Mercimekhad come to the Afşin Municipality. It waslearned. Regarding Mercimek'smeeting,thesecurity camerarecordings haveemerged. TheIn the footage, it is seen that Mercimek, who entered the office with the municipality's chief of staff, became angry and threw himself to the ground,and later the municipality chief of staff offered Mercimek water,and asecurity guard provided cologne,which wasobserved. In the continuation of the footage,it is seen that Mercimek struck the table and subsequently a person present in the room struck Nuh Mercimek.was seen. In the security camerafootage, it was observed that the crowd left the room at the endof the incident.


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