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Mwanamume aliyejiwasha moto ndani ya Benki moja mjini Melbourne, Australia hapo jana ametambuliwa.
Yasemekana mtu huyo anatokea Myanmar na amekuwa akitafuta hifadhi nchini Australia. Habari zaidi zinasema aliwasili nchini humo miaka mitatu iliyopita.
Mtu huyo mwenye umri wa miaka 21 alipelekwa hospitali kupata matibabu chini ya ulinzi wa maafisa wa usalama baada ya tukio hilo.
Wanachama wa jamii ya waislamu wa Rohingya mjini Melbourne wamesema mtu huyo aliogopa kurudi Myanmar na kwamba alikuwa anakabiliwa na changamoto za kimaisha.
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A MAN who set fire to himself at a Commonwealth bank may have been reacting to his welfare payment being rejected, a community source said.
The 21-year-old Springvale man believed to have set fire to himself in the Commonwealth bank in Springvale is thought to be an asylum seeker from Myanmar and considers himself a part of the Rohingya community.
A Rohingya Community leader said the man had lived in the area since about 2013. The Rohingyans are a Muslim minority in Myanmar, who have faced persecution there.
Australian Burmese Rohingya Organisation president Habib Habib said he believed the man was expecting a welfare payment this week that did not come through.
The man’s mental health had deteriorated since he had been within the community, Mr Habib said.
He said he had not shown signs of mental illness while he was detained on Christmas Island but had become disillusioned about the asylum seeker process.
Mr Habib said due to restrictions on his Visa he was not able to work and his refugee claim was proceeding slowly. The man did not have family in Australia and lived with other Asylum seekers in temporary accommodation.
Mr Habib said he was from lower Myanmar and identified as Rohingyan. He said the man also spoke the language.
Witnesses say a fireball trapped staff and customers inside the Springvale branch after the man lit matches to petrol he had poured on the floor near the entrance.
He was last night under police guard in hospital and believed to be one of two fireball victims clinging to life.
Of the six people with serious burns taken to The Alfred yesterday - this morning one remains in a critical condition, one patient is “critical but stable” and four patients are now in a stable condition.
The hospital will release another update on the patients’ conditions at 4pm today. The horrifying incident left several people, including toddlers and elderly customers, badly hurt Witnesses say the man who started the blaze had picked up a plastic drum outside a shop minutes earlier.
He then visited a nearby Caltex service station, poured fuel into it and returned to the bank just after 11.30am.
He poured out petrol, lit a match and the fireball erupted. Those inside could not see for thick smoke and flames.
The Herald Sun has been told the man was a native of Myanmar who had spent time in detention on Christmas Island. He was later allowed into Australia on a bridging visa, but police are as yet unsure about his motive.
But a witness said he heard the man say: “They didn’t give me no money. I’ve got no money for food.”
Tradie Ash Atkin-Fone described how he and another man ran into the bank to help.
“This kid comes running out burnt, screaming his head off, skin hanging off, blood everywhere,” he said.
“I had to. What do you do? Instinct just kicked in.”
Source: RT News
Yasemekana mtu huyo anatokea Myanmar na amekuwa akitafuta hifadhi nchini Australia. Habari zaidi zinasema aliwasili nchini humo miaka mitatu iliyopita.
Mtu huyo mwenye umri wa miaka 21 alipelekwa hospitali kupata matibabu chini ya ulinzi wa maafisa wa usalama baada ya tukio hilo.
Wanachama wa jamii ya waislamu wa Rohingya mjini Melbourne wamesema mtu huyo aliogopa kurudi Myanmar na kwamba alikuwa anakabiliwa na changamoto za kimaisha.
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A MAN who set fire to himself at a Commonwealth bank may have been reacting to his welfare payment being rejected, a community source said.
The 21-year-old Springvale man believed to have set fire to himself in the Commonwealth bank in Springvale is thought to be an asylum seeker from Myanmar and considers himself a part of the Rohingya community.
A Rohingya Community leader said the man had lived in the area since about 2013. The Rohingyans are a Muslim minority in Myanmar, who have faced persecution there.
Australian Burmese Rohingya Organisation president Habib Habib said he believed the man was expecting a welfare payment this week that did not come through.
The man’s mental health had deteriorated since he had been within the community, Mr Habib said.
He said he had not shown signs of mental illness while he was detained on Christmas Island but had become disillusioned about the asylum seeker process.
Mr Habib said due to restrictions on his Visa he was not able to work and his refugee claim was proceeding slowly. The man did not have family in Australia and lived with other Asylum seekers in temporary accommodation.
Mr Habib said he was from lower Myanmar and identified as Rohingyan. He said the man also spoke the language.
Witnesses say a fireball trapped staff and customers inside the Springvale branch after the man lit matches to petrol he had poured on the floor near the entrance.
He was last night under police guard in hospital and believed to be one of two fireball victims clinging to life.
Of the six people with serious burns taken to The Alfred yesterday - this morning one remains in a critical condition, one patient is “critical but stable” and four patients are now in a stable condition.
The hospital will release another update on the patients’ conditions at 4pm today. The horrifying incident left several people, including toddlers and elderly customers, badly hurt Witnesses say the man who started the blaze had picked up a plastic drum outside a shop minutes earlier.
He then visited a nearby Caltex service station, poured fuel into it and returned to the bank just after 11.30am.
He poured out petrol, lit a match and the fireball erupted. Those inside could not see for thick smoke and flames.
The Herald Sun has been told the man was a native of Myanmar who had spent time in detention on Christmas Island. He was later allowed into Australia on a bridging visa, but police are as yet unsure about his motive.
But a witness said he heard the man say: “They didn’t give me no money. I’ve got no money for food.”
Tradie Ash Atkin-Fone described how he and another man ran into the bank to help.
“This kid comes running out burnt, screaming his head off, skin hanging off, blood everywhere,” he said.
“I had to. What do you do? Instinct just kicked in.”
Source: RT News
