US EditionMacron Calls for 'Restraint' After Death of Young Man Attacked in Lyon
Quentin D died from a traumatic brain injury after a violent attack linked to political clashes between right-wing activists and far-left groups, prompting an aggravated manslaughter probe.
- On Thursday at Sciences Po, Quentin D, 23, was violently attacked and later died in hospital from a traumatic brain injury.
- During a protest against an LFI visit, Quentin guarded right-wing Collectif Némésis, amid heightened tensions with politicians blaming opposing activists.
- Multiple LFI offices were vandalised across regions, and Sciences Po Lyon had not yet responded following the incident on Thursday.
- The attack is now being investigated as aggravated manslaughter, with the Lyon Public Prosecutor's Office launching a probe while police say suspects remain unidentified.
- President Emmanuel Macron mourned the death, urged calm and restraint, while Bruno Retailleau called the killing "horrifying evidence" and Marine Le Pen urged treating militias as terrorists; Manuel Bompard and Jean-Luc Mélenchon denied LFI involvement and condemned attacks on their offices.
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The images aired by TF1 show the assault of the 23-year-old man, who occurred on Thursday on the sidelines of a lecture by Rima Hassan. The family lawyer evokes an organized watch-a-pens rather than a simple rixe.
Macron calls for 'restraint' after death of young man attacked in Lyon
The young man died in hospital where he was admitted on Thursday to receive treatment for critical injuries sustained in a clash between right and left wing activisits on the fringes of an event held by LFI MEP Rima Hassan.
A 23-year-old student died on Saturday in Lyon, France, after being hospitalized in critical condition since Thursday after being attacked during violence that accompanied a demonstration against a conference of a far-left MEP, AFP reported, citing the prosecutor's office.
The Lyon Public Prosecutor's Office announces to TF1-LCI the death of Quentin D., the young man hospitalized since Thursday 12 February after a violent attack. The victim was close to the Nemesis identity collective, but the unfolding of his attack and the identity of his attackers are not clear at this stage. - Lyon: death of the 23-year-old student hospitalized since Thursday after a violent attack (Police, justice and other facts).
A 23-year-old man died after a violent attack on Thursday evening in downtown Lyon. The Nemesis identity collective, whose security it provided during an action aimed at disrupting a conference of Rima Hassan, is calling into question far-left activists.
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