Tunisian football player Nizar Issaoui passed away in hospital on Thursday after self-immolating four days prior in protest of police treatment and the “police state.”
The 35-year-old self-immolated due to a dispute with police forces in the town of Haffuz, after he intended to file a complaint against a banana seller who sells his goods at a price higher than the set price.
A video that went viral on social media showed the Gafsa forward complaining about the police accusing him of terrorism after he attempted to file his complaint.
“I, Judge Nizar Issaoui, sentence the accused Nizar Issaoui to death by burning, because he is a man… The session has been adjourned… Enough, I no longer have the energy, today the execution will take place, O police state,” Issaoui had written on Facebook prior to the incident.
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