A 30-year-old suspect set himself on fire in Herzliya on Friday after noticing that police teams had arrived to question him.
The police officers from the Glilot station had arrived as part of efforts to locate a man suspected of threatening social workers at the Herzliya Municipality and raising a stone toward staff members.
According to police suspicions, officers were operating in the Yarkon area when the suspect poured flammable material on himself and on the ground and set himself on fire.
Officers at the scene immediately called medical teams and began providing first aid until Magen David Adom paramedics arrived.
Suspect in stable condition
After receiving initial treatment at the scene, the suspect was evacuated to a hospital in serious condition, according to medical officials.
Additional officers from the Glilot station and forensic investigators from the Yarkon area arrived at the scene, collected findings and evidence, and opened an inquiry into the circumstances of the incident.
