The arrest of a Moroccan "Youtuber" who attempted to commit suicide by burning himself during a live broadcast in front of a security headquarters.

The security services in the Moroccan city of Meknes have launched an investigation into the attempted suicide of YouTuber Hicham Mellouli, in protest of "the release of 9 people who vandalized his car and endangered his life."

The sources stated that "Youtube Hisham Mellouli was later released."

Yesterday, Wednesday, Mellouli went to the headquarters of the security state of Meknes, carrying a bottle full of gasoline, trying to set himself on fire in front of the security headquarters, where he broadcast the suicide attempt via "live" technology on his personal account on the social networking site "Facebook".

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