: (AP) The horrifying sight which traumatized shoppers and office workers in the centre of Luxembourg City last week has now been labelled as a protest against racism. The Belgian woman of Congolese origin who set herself alight in the middle of Place d’Armes told witnesses that she was doing it to protest against racism, moments before she carried out the desperate act which has left her in hospital fighting for her life.
Maggy Delvaux-Mufu, a mother of three in her forties, alerted several national newspapers late on Tuesday morning last week that she would be burning herself alive on place des Martyrs at 12.45 am, before setting out accompanied by her husband to walk through the centre of town to her macabre rendezvous. The police were alerted and officers were deployed to the Rousegärtchen.
But the woman changed her plan when she came across a group of journalists gathered to cover an event organised by the ‘Mouvement écologique’ on Place d’Armes, opposite the Cercle municipal. She soaked herself in petrol before confronting the members of the press, announcing that she was about to sacrifice her life to protest against racism. Moments later, she struck a match, turning herself into a human torch in front of hundreds of people.
Delvaux-Mufu’s husband and passers-by jumped on the burning body, attempting to stifle the flames with coats and jackets. The scene made several people feel unwell and many witnesses who filled the square at lunchtime were traumatised by the woman’s shrieking screams of unimaginable pain. The flames were already extinguished when police, rescue services and the fire brigade arrived at the scene. One person is reported to have vomited after seeing the woman being transported into an ambulance. The events in Place d’Armes have also started a controversy regarding the authorities’ lack of psychological support for witnesses.
Delvaux-Mufu was taken to the Bon Secours hospital in Metz, where she is being treated in a specialised ward for burns and is fighting for her life. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa visited the woman and her family at the hospital last week.
RTL television was the first to run a news flash about the incident on its website on Tuesday afternoon last week. 352 reported the bulletin in its news in brief section, shortly before going to print. Events preceding the incident only came to light later on in the week.
The 42-year-old Belgian citizen and her husband had been facing financial difficulties. They had recently indebted themselves by buying a Citroën garage in Oberwampach, before realising they were missing the documents that would allow them to set up a business. Delvaux-Mufu wrote a letter to Le Jeudi recounting her story of bureaucratic difficulties and economic despair. “I’m against all forms of violence, but day after day, my family and I have to endure moral violence, discrimination, insults and much more from Mr Juncker’s administration”, she said in the letter published last week.
Money problems had driven the woman to desperately plead her case at the Prime minister’s office early on the same day of the incident. Her threat to burn herself alive on Place des Martyrs after being turned away by the authorities caused government officials to contact the police. A city-wide search was organised, but nobody could foresee the woman would change her plans."
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I agree that its a bigger problem but we as black people are still stuck in the 50s and 60s when it comes to protesting.
Times have change and the days of singing we shall over come are over. We need to elmulate the jews and gays in this country and start being a bigger presents at the polls and start chin checking polaticans that allow racisim in there respective cities and towns.
This is just someone who was not straight in the head...People are doing stuff more and more each day and life is becoming less and less valuable to people...I have never heard or seen anything like this. I believe this is a mix of all kinds of other emotions from this woman, she plainly didn't want to live...
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Just read on a belgian website that her health insurance doesn't cover self mutilation. On top of that, they are suing her with a long list of charges including public endangerment, failure to pull a burning permit, and failure to pull a public demonstration permit. She better hope the belgian supermarkets. I am going to set up a paypal account where we can donate to the family. let me know if yall are interested.
Dam, That shows you the desparatuion that racsim will sometime make you fell like. I feel bad for her and her family-BUT- i hope she has health insurance! Her husband should get his a*S whipped for assisting his wife to do such a stupid thing! hell if she think she had difficultlties being black then now you black and burned- them Cr***kers really are not tryiong to see you now! pray for them!
Looks like she's in a lot of pain. Sad.
Something must not be right upstairs because being a mother of two children should have been the FIRST reason to NOT want to do something like this or even THINK about doing something like this. Hope she pulls through for the kids' sake. And even if she does, she probably didn't even stop to think about the fact that she could messed up for the rest of her life with STILL no resolution to her problem...
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what is wrong with you? You must live right next to a nuclear power plant or something. You cry racism in every single post yet you have no problem being one of the most racist mofo's on this site. Discrimitation happens to all races. Your ignorant diatribes do nothing but shed bad light on black people.
She has an up hill battle ahead of her. If i was her now i wouldn't sweat sh!t. You can't do more to be than what i did to myself. They can give her all those charges of pubic endangerment, and refuse to pay her bill. But what are they going to do to her kick her out of the hospital put her in jail and take away her house and kids. Why does the goverment want to punish her more?!
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Was it really racism that drove her?
It's such a blanket statement.
If you notice, the story reflects on her money problems. And it's ironic that she says she's against all forms of violence...yet her possible final act is the most violent of all, against herself no less.
“I’m against all forms of violence, but day after day, my family and I have to endure moral violence, discrimination, insults and much more from Mr Juncker’s administration”, she said in the letter published last week.
Money problems had driven the woman to desperately plead her case at the Prime minister’s office early on the same day of the incident. Her threat to burn herself alive on Place des Martyrs after being turned away by the authorities caused government officials to contact the police. A city-wide search was organised, but nobody could foresee the woman would change her plans."
UHHHHH! W..T...F!!!!!!!!!! I WOULD BE SO DISTRACTED BY HER CRAZY ASS BURNING THE FUC UP THAT I WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN WHAT THE PROTEST WAS ABOUT!!! WAY TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON PROTESTING RACISM! LMAO! NOW THEY HAVE TO USE THEIR PICKET SIGNS TO PUT THE DAMN FIRE OUT! LMBA[SPAM]OOOOO
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@ Beautynyc
I am haitian and your comment was very ignorant.
To those that said we should follow the lead of gays and jews...i agree wholeheartedly...they stand up for one another with no questions asked. I rarely hear stupid ass comments from them like 'that why so and so people don't respect us'...they do what they do and they do not care what others think of them.
As for...Beautynyc, regarding your name...I highly doubt it...
That B!*%H is crazy aint no way in HELL I would do that to myself . Especially over something I cant handle . Racism has been going on for years , that one thing that isn't going to change. oh yeah I hope she didn't think that was going change anything now the people that dont like African Americans[whoever they are] are Laughing at her dumb a$$ . IDK but it wouldn't have been me !!!!!
Guys this is obviously a woman at the end of her tether....at the very end. we've all been there. Some of us are just strong enough to deal with it. I doubt very much racism was the reason, it was more likely a bunch of confused reasons. Be grateful your brain doesn't turn on you.
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THIS SHOWS HOW IGNORANT PEOPLE ARE IN THE USA. THIS TRAGEDY HAPPENED 6 YEARS AGO. MEDIATAKEOUT IS COWARD ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE DATE SO THEY CAN EXPLOIT THIS SAD STORY. THIS HAPPENED OCTOBER 5TH 2001, NOT ON OCTOBER 17TH 2007. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WOMAN WENT THROUGH,SO TRYING TO JUDGE HER JUST SHOWS HOW CUT FROM REALITY YOU ARE.
BY THE WAY, THE LADY DIED ON OCTOBER 9TH 2001, FOUR DAYS AFTER SETTING HERSELF ON FIRE.
IF YOU CAN READ AND UNDERSTAND FRENCH , HERE IS PROOF THAT IT HAPPENED IN 2001: www dot investigateur.info/news/articles/article_2004_11_23_l icenciement dot html
THIS SHOWS HOW IGNORANT PEOPLE ARE IN THE USA. THIS TRAGEDY HAPPENED 6 YEARS AGO. MEDIATAKEOUT IS COWARD ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE DATE SO THEY CAN EXPLOIT THIS SAD STORY. THIS HAPPENED OCTOBER 5TH 2001, NOT ON OCTOBER 17TH 2007. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WOMAN WENT THROUGH,SO TRYING TO JUDGE HER JUST SHOWS HOW CUT FROM REALITY YOU ARE.
BY THE WAY, THE LADY DIED ON OCTOBER 9TH 2001, FOUR DAYS AFTER SETTING HERSELF ON FIRE.
IF YOU CAN READ AND UNDERSTAND FRENCH , HERE IS PROOF THAT IT HAPPENED IN 2001: www dot investigateur.info/news/articles/article_2004_11_23_l icenciement dot html
None of us have any idea what level of hopelessness she could have felt that would cause her to carry out such an act of desperation. It's an attention getting act but at the cost of her life and or quality of life. I am sad that she felt that she had not other options. But in this racist world we live in the choices are limited to non existence.
I don't feel too sorry for her. I feel sorry for all her family but I think she did it due to financial troubles and not to protest racism. There are a lot of cases where people desperate for money kill their kids or spouses or themselves and a lot of the time these people have it a LOT better than other people. I wouldn't be suprised if she was the type that constantly demanded attention either...Setting yourself on fire and running around screaming isn't the most effective way to make a suicide statement.
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THIS SHOWS HOW IGNORANT PEOPLE ARE IN THE USA. THIS TRAGEDY HAPPENED 6 YEARS AGO. MEDIATAKEOUT IS COWARD ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE DATE SO THEY CAN EXPLOIT THIS SAD STORY. THIS HAPPENED OCTOBER 5TH 2001, NOT ON OCTOBER 17TH 2007. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WOMAN WENT THROUGH,SO TRYING TO JUDGE HER JUST SHOWS HOW CUT FROM REALITY YOU ARE.
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I knew the story was old I've been on the net a long time and couldnt remember how far back it went but knew it was atleast a year. You can cut out the generalized arrogant statements against Americans. They make you no different than MTO. I'm sure you realize that things become viral on the net so unless someone saw it the first time they may think it's new info. MTO is a fool for not retracting the story but that doesn't give you an excuse to base it on all Americans. This a gossip wrag not Time Magazine.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T SEE WHAT SHE IS GETTING OUT OF DOING ALL THAT TO HERSELF AND HER FAMILY AH HELLO YOU HAVE KIDS YOU IDIOT, AND NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF WHAT SHE DID THEY ARE ALL FOCUSING ON A BURNT WOMAN THAT'S ALL THE HEADLINES ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT RACISM THEY ARE GOING TO BE WOMAN SET'S HERSELF ON FIRE SHE IF FUCKEN NUTS!!!
That is a traumatizing scene. I care that she is facing racism, but it was a very selfish thing to do. The altruistic thing to have done, was to execute other means of protesting that did not require bodily harm. The first thing that should have been flashing through her mind is... I HAVE 3 CHILDREN, THEY NEED THEIR MOTHER! This is unfortunate and that woman needs serious help! She is in my prayers.
Thats what i like to see, i wish more of you jiggaboo's would do this! Is this filthy barbeque bitch making all you [EXPLETIVE] hungry? I hope you all pay close attention to this black savage and follow in her footsteps. [EXPLETIVE] are the scum of the earth hahahahahh[SPAM]haaa! WHITE POWER!! WHITE IS RIGHT!
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blacknigg IZ KINDA RITE (I'll still whoop his ass)BUT THIS IZ WHAT THESE WHITE SUPREMACY RACIEST IDIOTS WANT YALL 2DO AND IM SURPRISE THAT PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO RESULT IN SETTIN THEMSELVES ON FIRE TO GET A POINT ACROSS!!!! I MEAN IZ AFRICA REALLY THAT FAR BEHIND IN USIN THE APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTINS??? IF SO, THEN WHY BOTHER TRYIN TO VOTE??? WHY BOTHER ELECTIN A PRESIDENT???
IF YALL REALLY WANNA STEP INTO AND ADVANCE TOWARDS THE FUTURE THEN THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS IZNT THE WAY TO PROTEST!
wow , when Tibetan monks do it in they make time life magazine , and get to be one of the most iconic images. When a black women does it her own people turn against her and make jokes, that’s some hot fired buttered bullshit and if any of you ignorant bastards ever did anything like get a real education , or stop supporting bullshit that tears down your own race, or even had an ounce of goddamn sense of pride maybe she wouldn’t have to set herself on fire . wow media take out is a KKK members wet dream.
