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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite supremacist accidentally sets own head on fire while trying to burn down synagogue
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/exeter-synagogue-fire-video-far-right-extremist-court-trA far-right extremist accidentally set himself on fire while trying to burn down an historic synagogue.
Tristan Morgan was spotted walking away with a petrol can in his hand as smoke spewed from the 18th century building in Exeter, Devon, last summer.
CCTV footage shows the 52-year-old using a small axe to break a window of the building before pouring liquid through it from a green petrol can.
He then tosses something through the window and is almost immediately sent flying backwards as he is engulfed in a ball of flames.
The defendant admitted arson, encouraging terrorism by publishing a song entitled White Man to live-streaming website Soundcloud, and having a copy of the White Resistance Manual when he appeared at the Old Bailey.
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White supremacist accidentally sets own head on fire while trying to burn down synagogue (Original Post)
WhiteTara
Nov 2019
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edbermac
(15,919 posts)1. That happened last year.
Page not found. Video here. Was sentenced to indefinite hospital stay.
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)2. Thanks for the correction!
It was so funny/sad that I didn't look at the date. Glad to know he's being cared for and society won't be harmed by his insanity.
rsdsharp
(9,042 posts)3. Aaaaaand
THIS close to a Darwin award. Better luck next time Tristan.