Police arrest 11 in the beating death of a right-wing student in France
Police detained 11 suspects, including a lawmaker's aide, after the fatal beating of far-right activist Quentin Deranque amid violent clashes in Lyon, prosecutors said.
- On Wednesday, Lyon prosecutors said 11 suspects were detained in connection with the killing of Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old far-right activist who died in hospital on Saturday after being attacked by at least six people in Lyon.
- At a university meeting in Lyon, clashes between far-left and far-right supporters sparked violence that led to Deranque's beating during a student event where Rima Hassan was keynote speaker.
- An autopsy found Deranque suffered a fractured skull and fatal brain injuries, while video and witness accounts show a dozen people hitting victims and using iron bars, TF1 television reported.
- Following the arrests, police secured La France Insoumise national headquarters in Paris after a bomb threat and France's National Assembly observed a minute of silence with a commemorative march next Saturday in Lyon.
- With municipal elections next month, political leaders blamed each other: government officials singled out LFI, Nemesis blamed La Jeune Garde, Jordan Bardella accused Jean‑Luc Mélenchon, and Raphaël Arnault said, 'It is now up to the investigation to determine responsibility'.
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Two of the suspects in Quentin Deranque's death were charged with intentional homicide, announced justice, and a third was charged with complicity.
Follow live the point of Lyon justice, this Thursday afternoon, on the investigation after Quentin's death lynching in Lyon. As a reminder, 11 people were arrested.
Police Detain 11 Far-Left Militants after Murder of French Right-Wing Activist
Eleven far-left extremists have been arrested in France in connection with the murder of 23-year-old right-wing activist Quentin Deranque, who was beaten by far-left extremists and later died in hospital from his injuries last week. Among those detained is Jacques-Élie Favrot, a parliamentary assistant employed by a deputy from the far-left France Unbowed (LFI) party, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Reacting to the news, Mélenchon said his party has …
There is a political tension climate in France due to the death of Quentin Deranque, sympathetic to extreme-right and nationalist. And is monastic silence incompatible with social networks?
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