Illustration of a fire engine, here in Brittany. – VS. Allain / 20 Minutes
The flames have him burned face, arms, legs and part of the body. Transferred in a state of absolute emergency on Monday to the Nantes hospital center, the man who set on fire in front of the courthouse of
Quimper (Finistère) was “in a very worrying state” on Tuesday, according to the public prosecutor Carine Halley. His prognosis is vital.
L The man had presented himself Monday afternoon in front of the steps of the courthouse and voluntarily sprayed himself with gasoline before setting it on fire by throwing at his feet a smoke bomb previously unpinning. “The gesture would have been motivated by his personal situation. In the process of divorce, he also presents a long-standing depressive state, with suicidal tendencies and seemed to want to end his medical follow-up ”, specifies the prosecutor.