Anas K., the student who set himself on fire on November 8 in Lyon to denounce student insecurity, woke up after several months of coma in the hospital, according to his family. His sister announced it on Facebook on Thursday: "It is with great joy that I announce that Anas has been awake for a few weeks now".
"He's doing pretty well"
"He was less and less sedated and woke up first an hour a day, then two hours, etc., until he was fully awake," she said. "He is still on resuscitation and will have a few more operations. But he's doing pretty well under the circumstances."
The young man of 22 had sacrificed himself in front of the headquarters of Crous in Lyon after posting on social networks a letter mentioning his financial difficulties - he had lost his purse by "tripling" his second year of license - and denouncing the precariousness many students. The week following the tragedy, the students mobilized in numerous universities.