A second Egyptian set himself on fire near parliament on Tuesday, security sources said, the latest case echoing an act of self-immolation in Tunisia that spurred on protests and helped bring down the president.
One security source said the man was a lawyer but did not give details of the act, which follows Monday's self-immolation also near parliament.
The man on Monday was protesting against poor living conditions. A hospital source said the hospital had been informed of the imminent arrival of a victim of burns, but did not have details.
Similar cases were reported in Algeria and Mauritania. Like Tunisians, whose public protests led to the ousting of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Arabs in many states are frustrated by soaring prices, poverty, high unemployment and authoritarian systems of rule that give them no voice.
