Roma teenager out of coma after brutal attack in France
A Roma teenager emerged from a month-long coma on Sunday after being lynched by residents in a Paris suburb.
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The 17 year-old Roma "has emerged from his coma and his life is no longer in danger. He talks and recognises his family " said his lawyer Julie Launois-Flacelière.
On 13 June, Gheorghe, who doesn't speak French, was taken by force in front of his parents, locked in a basement and beaten by local residents who accused him of theft.
The teenager was later found dumped in a supermarket trolley and left for dead in the rough Parisian suburb of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine.
Suffering from severe brain injuries, he was taken to hospital and was put in an induced coma.
Gheorghe recently left Romania for France to join his parents, after escaping from a psychiatric hospital in Romania.
His family had just moved into an abandonned house in the north of Paris when the attack occured.
Police opened a criminal investigation in early July but no one has been detained.
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