Another Saudi man sets himself ablaze
Restaurant owner Abdouh Abdel Moneim, 49, lies in a hospital bed after he had set himself on fire near the parliament in Cairo January 17, 2011.
A Saudi man has set himself ablaze after a similar act of self-immolation by a Tunisian protester triggered a nationwide revolution.
The 42-year-old Saudi set himself on fire at a petrol station in the eastern city of Damam on Monday, suffering second-degree burns to 50 percent of his face, neck, chest, abdomen and hands, AFP reported.
On Friday, another Saudi man, who was in his 60s, died in a hospital in the southern town of Samtah a day after self-immolation.
On December 17, an unemployed Tunisian man set himself ablaze in a move that trigerred tremendous popular protests which ended the 23-year-long rule of the country's President Zine El Abidin Ben Ali.
The revolution has motivated protests in other Arab nations, including Jordan, Egypt and Yemen.
Self-immolation attempts have also spread across North Africa as poignant reminders.
A recent message by the Arab League warned regional Arab leaders against further outraging their people with their policies.
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