Man dies after setting self ablaze in central Munich square
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German police say a man has died after setting fire to himself in a central square in Munich. His motives are unclear.
Police said the 54-year-old Munich resident, whom they didn't identify, drove at about 3 a.m. Friday to the Marienplatz square, where the Bavarian capital's city hall is located. He poured several liters of gasoline over himself and set himself ablaze.
Passers-by extinguished the flames. He was taken to a hospital but died about an hour later.
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Police said the man had scrawled slogans on his car along the lines of "Never again war on German soil" and "Amri is only the tip of the iceberg" — a reference to Anis Amri, the Tunisian who attacked a Christmas market in Berlin and whom authorities had previously been unable to deport.