KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 13 -- Three people, including a student in coma, remained hospitalised following an air-conditioner compressor explosion at HELP University's cafeteria in Bukit Damansara here yesterday.

KL police chief Commissioner Datuk Fadil Marsus said two people with severe injuries are currently warded at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

The two individuals include a 19-year-old student who remains unconscious due to internal brain bleeding and a fractured skull, and a 54-year-old supervisor who is semi-conscious with burn wounds across his body.

"The unconscious student remains under close doctor supervision and the supervisor is awaiting surgery to remove metal shrapnel in his body," he said in a statement here.

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