Man dies after setting self on fire outside New York court where Trump trial underway

NBC News and other US media said early on Saturday that the man had died

Bystanders react after witnessing a man who lit himself on fire was extinguished on Friday, April 19, 2024, in a park outside Manhattan criminal court in New York (Picture: AP Photo)

A man has died after setting himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump's historic hush-money trial was taking place as jury selection wrapped up, but officials said he did not appear to have been targeting Trump.

The man burned for several minutes in full view of television cameras that were set up outside the courthouse, where the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president is being held.