TORCH WOMAN DIES OVER LOVER PROTEST
Metro (UK)
October 21, 2008 Tuesday
London and all shared stories Edition
A FRENCH woman died after setting herself ablaze in a desperate
protest to stop her immigrant lover from being deported. Dozens of
people looked on as Josiane Nardi, 60, doused herself in alcohol and
set herself alight outside a detention centre in Le Mans, where her
boyfriend was being held. Armenian Henrik Orujyan, 31, is serving
two years in jail for theft and is due to be deported next month. The
French government said the case had little to do with immigration. It
wants 25,000 illegal immigrants deported this year.