Self-immolation of Maxwell Azzarello
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On April 19, 2024, at around 1:35 pm EDT, Maxwell Crosby Azzarello, a 37-year-old man, immolated himself in Collect Pond Park in New York City, outside the courthouse where jurors were being chosen for the New York state criminal trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Collect Pond Park in Manhattan after the self-immolation
One of Azzarello's signs
Self-immolation
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Self-immolation is the act of setting oneself on fire. It is mostly done for political or religious reasons, often as a form of protest or in acts of martyrdom. Due to its disturbing and violent nature, it is considered one of the most extreme methods of protest.
Thích Quảng Đức protesting the persecution of Buddhists by self-immolation on 11 June 1963.
The self-immolation (jauhar) of the Rajput women, during the Siege of Chittorgarh in 1568
A Hindu widow burning herself with the corpse of her husband (sati), 1657
The memorial to Romas Kalanta in Kaunas in the place of his self-immolation. The inscription reads Romas Kalanta 1972.