US EditionMacron calls for 'restraint' after death of young man attacked in Lyon
Quentin, a 23-year-old far-right activist, died after a violent clash at a Lyon protest; authorities opened a manslaughter investigation amid rising political tensions.
- At the Lyon branch of Sciences Po, Quentin D, 23, was attacked Thursday and died Saturday from a traumatic brain injury, according to the Lyon prosecutor's office.
- Rising pre-election tensions between the far right and hard left set the scene as supporters say Quentin was providing security for a Collectif Némésis protest against Rima Hassan, Member of the European Parliament , when clashes erupted.
- A video acquired by TF1 television shows a dozen people beating three others with iron bars, while prosecutors opened an aggravated manslaughter investigation and the family's lawyer described organised and trained individuals ambushing Quentin.
- French President Emmanuel Macron mourned the death, urged calm and restraint on X, while local election candidates suspended campaigns and multiple LFI offices were vandalised after Thursday's attack.
- The killing has intensified pre-election tensions between far-right and hard-left factions, with Marine Le Pen demanding the government "consider these militias as terrorist groups" ahead of March municipal elections.
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Student Death Raises Pressure On French Far-Left
What begins as a street confrontation — and ends in tragedy — can send shockwaves far beyond the pavement. That’s exactly what’s happening in Lyon, where the death of 23-year-old student Quentin Deranque has ignited a fierce political storm.Deranque, a maths student and nationalist activist, died after being brutally beaten by a group of attackers. Prosecutor Thierry Dran said the young man was punched and kicked by “at least six” people, suffer…
For the death of the young right-wing activist he investigates for voluntary murder. The government is very hard against La France Insoumise, under attack for the ties between the...
Quentin's death in a head-kicking confrontation with an ultra-left group in Lyon last Saturday shook the country. And it generated high tension, one month after the city's municipal elections.
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