US airman who burned himself to death at Israeli embassy had anarchist ties

Aaron Bushnell also grew up in a strict religious sect, the Community of Jesus, whose members would often join the military

A uniformed airman who burned himself to death in protest over the US’s role in Israel’s military strikes in Gaza was an anarchist who grew up in a strict religious sect with links to a school in Canada that “controlled, intimidated and humiliated” students, it was reported on Tuesday.

Aaron Bushnell, an active-duty US Air Force senior airman from San Antonio, Texas, died in hospital on Sunday several hours after he doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself alight outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC.

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