Tunisia has experienced in the last hours a shocking event that has involved Nizar Aissaoui, a 35-year-old footballer. A player for local clubs such as Union Sportif de Monastir, El Gaouefel de Gafsa, Jeridet Tozeur and L’Espoir Sportif de Haffouz, he set himself on fire outside the police station in the town of Haffouz, in the center of the country, in protest for being accused of terrorism.
The news has been made public by ANSA Agencybut the video of the shocking moment, recorded and published by the footballer himself live through the social network Facebook it’s already viral. His objective was to denounce that he had been unfairly accused of events in which he had not participated.
According to the local newspaper Capitalisteverything got tangled up when the footballer filed a complaint with the Police after having a dispute with a fruit vendor having wanted to charge him an allegedly abusive price. However, the agents did not believe his version and he ended up being accused of having participated in a terrorist act.
“He wanted to draw the attention of the police to the rape of a trader, who was selling bananas for ten dinars per kilogram. But they punished me They accused me of terrorism and involved me in a case in which I had nothing to do», explains the footballer visibly upset in his video. While several people try to calm him down and dissuade him from doing anything crazy.
Evacuated to a burn center
However, the player ended up setting fire to the shock of those present. Once the flames were under control, Aissaoui was evacuated to the Aghlabiti hospital in Kairouan, before being transferred to a specialized center for severe burns in Ben Arous.
It is not known in what state the footballer entered and what exactly is his current situation.