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Fire Walk With Me

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Mon Feb 18, 2013, 07:37 PM Feb 2013

Spanish woman sets herself on fire in bank

R.Ⓐ.D ‏@ChicagoRADicals

Sad and infuriating, banks will never pay for this. RT "@AP: Spanish woman walks into a bank and sets herself on fire: http://po.st/LntZlL "
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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/spanish-woman-sets-herself-fire-bank

MADRID (AP) — Authorities say a Spanish woman walked into a bank branch in a small eastern city, doused herself with flammable liquid and set herself ablaze.

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Authorities did not give a reason for why the woman decided to set herself on fire on Monday.

But Spain is in financial crisis, and banks are being blamed for a wave of mortgage foreclosures, homeowner evictions and at least five mortgage default-related suicides in recent months.

Outcry over the evictions and suicides has prompted the ruling party to agree to debate possible mortgage default law changes in Parliament.

(One more sentence at the link.)

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Spanish woman sets herself on fire in bank (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 OP
Self-immolation: not just for Buddhist Monks anymore. ~nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2013 #1
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