An employee of the AP-HP sets himself on fire in the Saint-Louis hospital

A 47-year-old man, an employee of the AP-HP (Assistance publique-Hospitals of Paris) as administrative secretary, attempted to commit suicide on Monday by setting himself on fire in his office at the Saint-Hôpital. Louis in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, according to a press release from the APHP, confirming information from the

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The man, seriously burned, was admitted in absolute emergency in intensive care.

Its vital prognosis is engaged.

A security guard who tried to put out the fire was also badly burned.

"Great psychological difficulty"

The victim set himself on fire in front of colleagues.

"He took out a jerry can of gasoline, sprinkled himself, took out a match and caught fire," a police source told our colleagues from the

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The victim was "in great psychological difficulty", confided this same source to our colleagues, adding that the victim had expressed "the desire to end his life".

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