Maxwell Azzarello, the man with conspiratorial tendencies who burned himself outside the courtroom trying Trump

Maxwell Azzarello, a 37-year-old man, set himself on fire this Friday outside the court that is trying the former president Donald Trump (2017-2021)without any apparent connection to the trial and linked in some way to far-right conspiracy groups.

Before setting himself on fire, he threw several colorful pamphlets into the air, according to eyewitnesses told the media present in the area. He then doused himself with a liquid, believed to be gasoline, and set himself on fire. Hours later, he was still alive but in critical condition.

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The police identified him as Maxwell Azzarelloa white man from the state of Floridawho came to New York a few days ago, without even his family knowing.

The pamphlets that Azzarello left on the floor they were titled ‘The True History of the World’ and included a link to their social networks (in LinkedIn It is Instagram). The police highlighted that It was linked to “conspiracy theories”.

BREAKING: Police identified the person who set himself on fire as Maxwell Azzarello of St. Augustine, Florida. He arrived in NY at the beginning of this week and his family didn’t know he had gone to NY. Her latest IG video:

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An account of Instagram with the name of Max Azzarello and with the surname Stupid secrets It actually collects images of those same pamphlets, plus photographs of their owner, a 40-year-old man with long hair, along with other incoherent messages.

A supposed manifesto signed by Azzarello on what He admits to being the person who set himself on fire in an “extreme act of protest to draw attention to an urgent and important discovery.”

“We are victims of a totalitarian conspiracy, and our Government, together with its allies, is about to strike us with a blow fascist It is totalitarian“, reads the ‘manifesto’ published by independent blogger Talia Jane.

This Friday morning, the man was among the two groups of onlookers who, every day since the start of the trial, demonstrated for or against trump.

New York Police Chief Detective Jose Kennyacknowledged that the man had posted about what happened on social media and that these publications would become part of the investigation, without commenting on whether they had anything to do with the trial.

A video that circulated widely The networks show the man kneeling, with his hands behind his head, while his body is consumed by flames.

In the images it is possible to see some people watching the fire in perplexity, without apparently understanding what is happening, until several police officers come running to put out the flames and take him to a hospital.

The ABC network noted that trump He was at that moment inside the courtroom where the jury that will establish the verdict of guilt or innocence in the case of irregular payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels ends today.

Source: Elcomercio

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