Germany: Rejected Iranian asylum-seeker sets self ablaze
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German authorities say a rejected asylum-seeker from Iran suffered serious injuries after setting fire to himself at a town office near the southwestern city of Ulm.
Police said the 35-year-old, whose name wasn't released, entered the town office in Goeppingen midday Tuesday and asked two employees for help, showing them papers indicating his application for asylum had been rejected.
Ulm police say the staff assured him they would help, but the man became aggressive and then pulled a bottle out of his backpack, poured liquid over himself and set fire to it as the two workers fled.
A third worker grabbed towels from a cleaner's cart and suffocated the flames.
Police say the man was rushed to hospital by helicopter and is being treated for severe burns.
