Source: Washington Free Beacon
An Iranian graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology suffered severe burns on his “hands, arms, chest, and face” after a Molotov cocktail he had constructed misfired.
Saamer Akshabi, who is from Iran and studying in the U.S., “was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body,” according to CBS’s Atlanta affiliate.
It is unclear if Akshabi’s technology studies include the construction of highly flammable explosives.
Georgia Tech said in a statement that it is working with law enforcement, according to CBS:
Georgia Tech is working with law enforcement to notify the victim’s family. Until that notification is made the Institute is not able to release the victim’s information. We are able to confirm a Georgia Tech graduate student was involved in an incident involving a fire in a building off of 10th street this evening. Our primary concern is to provide appropriate assistance to the victim and for his family as well as his classmates. We continue to cooperate with the investigation of incident.