Algeria: two attempts of self-immolation this weekend http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/news/6994.html

Two attempts self-immolation, including a woman, were held this weekend in Algeria, the press reported Sunday.In addition to Saturday, a father has died of his burns after being doused with petrol a week earlier to express his anger not to be on a list of beneficiaries of social housing in Souk Ahras, 600 km east of Algiers, reported the Arabic daily El-Khabar.Algeria has an acute housing crisis despite a government program of large-scale construction.

The reasons that prompted Saturday a woman who tried to immolate herself in the region of El Tarf, 700 km east of Algiers, are not clear.Local sources told AFP that she had swallowed gasoline and sprinkled on her body before setting it on fire before the Regional Court, closed for the weekend due to a disagreement with her brother on remediation in their home.

The daily newspaper “Liberté” reported a problem of inheritance.3rd degree burned over 60% of her body, she is being treated at the Regional Hospital of Annaba.A 17-year-old also tried to immolate himself Friday in front of a police station in the region of Tissemsilt in Theniet el Had (280 km south-west of Algiers), where he was called for a robbery case, according to El -Khabar.A month ago, another youth tried to immolate himself before the same police station. He died May 29.These acts of extreme violence have become commonplace in Algeria since January.