Self-immolation attempt in front of Federal Parliament, taken to hospital
He was rescued and taken to the hospital, according to police.
KATHMANDU: A self-immolation attempt was made in front of the Federal Parliament building.
It is said that a man tried to commit suicide by setting himself on fire on Tuesday afternoon in front of the Federal Parliament building.
According to the police, he poured gasoline on himself and set himself on fire in the middle of the road between Baneshwor and Tinkune.
He was rescued and taken to the hospital, according to police.
He is Prem Prasad Acharya, a resident of Panchkanya-6, Ilam, according to SP Dineshraj Mainali, spokesperson of Metropolitan Police Complex Kathmandu.
Mainali claims he was seriously injured.
Full details of the incident are yet to come.
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