By AFPMore by this AuthorGenevaA Syrian Kurdish man set himself on fire Wednesday outside the headquarters of the United Nations refugee agency and was receiving treatment for his injuries, police told AFP. The 31-year-old German resident did not provide any explanation for his actions, Geneva police spokesman Silvain Guillaume-Gentil said. "We can imagine his reasons, but we do not have anything concrete," Guillaume-Gentil said. KURDS DEMONSTRATIONSKurds have organised a series of demonstrations to protest the assault that Turkey launched on October 9 against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria. AdvertisementThe incident occurred shortly before 8:00 am outside UNHCR, which is across the street from the Palais des Nations, the UN's European headquarters.

Source: Daily Nation October 23, 2019 11:15 UTC