Protestors burn a U.S. flag during a protest near the U.S. Embassy in Tunis on Sept. 12 (© Hassene Dridi/AP)

Pakistani protester dies from breathing smoke of burning US flags

9/18/2012

A protester in Lahore, Pakistan has died after inhaling the fumes from the American flags he burned on Sunday. Abdullah Ismail was part of a demonstration protesting the Islam-trolling film "The Innocence of Muslims" in front of the U.S. Embassy. According to his fellow protesters, Ismail "complained of feeling unwell from [breathing] the smoke" of the burning American flags and was transported to Lahore's Mayo Hospital where he later died. More than 10,000 people filled the streets to protest the film and its blasphemy, blocking traffic for over six hours. [Source]

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