ROME, Dec 7 (Reuters) - A Senegalese woman set
herself on fire at Rome's city hall on Friday in
an apparent protest over a visit to Italy by
Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade.
The woman, identified by city officials as Kebe
Peinda Gotha, was in critical condition after
dousing herself in flammable liquid and setting
herself ablaze.
Police who were on patrol in the square outside
the city hall quickly put out the flames.
Dramatic images of the suicide attempt were
captured on a closed-circuit security video and
broadcast on Italian state television RAI's
evening news.
"She wanted to kill herself at all
costs," a police officer told RAI, adding the
woman also wanted at one point to throw herself
off a ledge.
Senegalese officials, asking not to be identified,
said she had wanted to meet the president. Italian
media reports described the woman, who lives in
northern Italy, as an activist for the rights of
Senegalese immigrants. (Writing by Phil Stewart;
Editing by Giles Elgood)
Woman sets herself on fire in Italy caught on cctv
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