Lebanese man sets self ablaze to protest hardships

<p>By Wassim Seifeddine</p> <p>BEIRUT (AA) – A Lebanese man died Friday after setting himself on fire to protest his difficult economic circumstances, according to local media reports.</p> <p>Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that the incident had occurred outside a school in the village of Bkeftine in northern Lebanon.</p> <p>The man, who has not been identified, reportedly took the fateful decision to set himself alight after he was unable to pay his daughter’s school tuition.</p> <p>According to the NNA, the man was rushed to a nearby hospital where he quickly succumbed to his injuries.</p>