Students Protest As Man Sets Himself Ablaze

– The 22-year-old set fire to himself in front of a university restaurant in Lyon

– The man posted on Facebook about his financial difficulties just hours before self-immolating in front of a university restaurant in Lyon

– He blamed President Emmanuel Macron, two of his predecessors

Francois Hollande was forced to cancel a planned conference,following the gathering of hundreds of students in Lyon,Paris and Lille protesting the death of a student.

On Friday, the SUD-Éducation and Solidaires student unions spoke of the “precariousness” of “the life of the students”.

They said that the man’s attempted suicide could not “be reduced to despair alone”

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The 22-year-old set fire to himself in front of a university restaurant in Lyon.

The man posted on Facebook about his financial difficulties just hours before self-immolating in front of a university restaurant in Lyon.

He blamed President Emmanuel Macron, two of his predecessors, the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and the European Union for having “killed him”.

The man, who was studying at Lyon 2 University, wrote on Facebook that he no longer had the strength to face the financial burden of living on €450 (£388) a month.

“Let us fight against the rise of fascism, which only divides us and liberalism that creates inequalities,” he wrote.