Airman who set self on fire grew up on religious compound, had anarchist past By Emily Davies, Peter Hermann and Dan Lamothe Updated February 27, 2024 at 2:07 p.m. EST|Published February 26, 2024 at 8:10 a.m. EST [...]Twelve minutes later, Bushnell, who was a senior airman in the U.S. Air Force, doused himself with a liquid and set himself on fire. He had posted a video online saying he did not want to be “complicit in genocide.” He shouted “Free Palestine” as he burned. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/26/israeli-embassy-airman-fire-death-gaza/