Pepper spray coma victim wakes up
Abdullah Saleem remains hospitalised despite showing signs of recovery.
26 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM
A man who was in a coma after getting pepper sprayed last Friday has woken up, his family has said.
Abdullah Saleem, 43, had a seizure after riot police used pepper spray on him while he was inside a political party’s headquarters in Malé. He fell into a coma and was admitted to hospital.
“He opened his eyes yesterday, he’s better than before. But we’re still having him sleep,” his brother Ahmed Saleem told Mihaaru.
While Saleem has a history of seizures, his brother said he had not had one in years.
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