@#R%$%#$!#&^&! I wanted him dead. F’er has nine lives. OR it was all a hoax. The other possibility is he has been dead for sometime and they do not want it to get out. Seems unlikely in a martyr obsessed religion.
Don’t give up. He might be dead. The MIXED signals do NOT point away from his being dead or no longer in a coma. I am simply unable to confirm it one way or another to my satisfaction. As you point out, his being dead and being used as a catspaw proxy to incite/regulate his followers is the most likely scenario right now.