Photos : Unemployed Tunisian Man Sets Himself Ablaze

 A man has set himself on fire in central Tunis, just hours before the country's legislators were to vote on a new government entrusted with pulling the country out of a deep political crisis.

Tuesday's gesture recalled the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, whose death ignited a revolt in the North African country that echoed across the Arab world.

"This is a young man who sells cigarettes because of unemployment," the man shouted before immolating himself on Habib Bourguiba avenue, according to a witness.

Security forces and bystanders tried to extinguish the flames before the man was rushed to hospital, witnesses said.

"His life is not in danger but he has third-degree burns to the head and the back," said an emergency services spokesman.

'Psychologically broken'

Officials named the man as 27-year-old Adel Khadri and said he hails from an extremely poor family in Jendouba in northwestern Tunisia.

Interior ministry spokesman Khaled Tarrouche attributed Khadri's desperate action to his economic situation.

"He is unemployed and came to Tunis a few months ago. He was very fragile, psychologically broken, and that is why he set himself on fire."

Source : Aljazeera