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Man killed as motorbike bursts into flame

 

A man died on the spot when his motorcycle burst into flame on the street in Da Nang City Thursday.

 

Eyewitnesses said they saw the flame sparked and burned the motorcycle into ashes on Bach Dang Street at noon.

 

The burnt body of the driver was found on the sidewalks.

 

Authorities said the man was identified as Phan Thanh Son, a 30-year-old IT engineer of the Da Nang Rubber Company.

 

Local police are investigating the cause of the fire.

The story that is starting to do the rounds on Facebook is that this was a suicide by fire protesting against corrupt expropriations. Also, beyond the current wave of protests, self immolation was also used in the 60's in Viet Nam...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 09:46:10 AM EST

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