CNN Airs Egyptian Protester Accidentally Setting Himself On Fire

A protester demonstrating on behalf of Egypt’s divisive leader, Hosni Mubarak, accidentally set himself on fire with a molotov cocktail… while on camera.

The Cairo man attempted to launch the ignited bottle, but ended up spilling gas on himself. In the video, the man can be seen running in front of the house, carrying the bottle over his head. At some point, he manages to spill its contents all over himself, setting his clothing aflame. He then proceeds to run back, wildly, in the direction from which he came. We hope the poor man is relatively unharmed, for his own good, but can’t help but notice that, with different music, this would be something worth a grand prize on whatever Egypt’s equivalent of America’s Funniest Home Videos might be.

The video, from a CNN report, is looped three times below:

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