French woman dies after self-immolation protest


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.

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