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Haunting final post of US airman who set himself on fire

U.S. Air Force member Aaron Bushnell posted a chilling final post on Facebook shortly before he self-immolated outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.

Bushnell, 25, posted on Facebook about standing up to injustice before committing horrific self-immolation early Sunday morning, repeatedly shouting “Liberate Palestine.”

“Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if I lived in a time of slavery?’ Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? If my country was committing genocide, what would I do? What do you do?” he asked in the post.

“The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now.”

A photo posted on X (formerly Twitter) shows Aaron Bushnell on fire outside the Israeli embassy in DC. X/Talia Jane
An Air Force spokesperson confirmed that Aaron Bushnell is an active duty Airman. X/@taliaotg

The post, his first post since April 2018, includes a link to a Twitch livestream video of Bushnell setting himself on fire while saying, “I will no longer participate in genocide.” was. [in Gaza]”

The video was later removed for violating the platform’s community guidelines and terms of service.

D.C. Fire and EMS services responded just before 1 p.m. Anadolu (Getty Images)

Bushnell died from his injuries, police and U.S. Air Force officials confirmed to the Post on Monday.

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