Tunisian footballer Nizar Issaoui who decided to protest ‘police injustice’ in his country by setting himself ablaze has been Buried on Friday.
Nizar Issaoui stunned the world when he decided to abandon his football career to protest against the state of policing in Tunisia.
Unlike regular protesters who will carry placards or banners and march on the streets, the 35-year-old striker who was signed to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 club, EGS Gafsa decided to take his protest in front of a police station and burnt himself beyond medical intervention.
After the protest, he was taken to the hospital but suffered a third degree of burnt which he couldn’t survive from.
