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A man has set himself and his car on fire in front of horrified diners while screaming about Victoria's Covid-19 vaccine mandates.
The man emerged from a silver MG3 hatchback engulfed in flames near Church St in Richmond about 8pm on Saturday.
Police officers and firefighters doused the man with water to extinguish the blaze with the help of about five witnesses.
The bystanders helped restrain the man before police officers pinned him to the ground.
He was then taken into an ambulance and rushed to the hospital.
Police said he had suffered life-threatening injuries.