Lyon prosecutors open murder probe

Major head trauma 'serious', no arrest... What to take away from the Lyon prosecutor's briefing after Quentin's death

Four days after the lynching of Quentin Deranque, 23, who was struck outside a Sciences Po Lyon conference, the prosecutor detailed the ultraviolent circumstances that led to the death of the young identitarian activist

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Helsingin Sanomat

France | A political killing stirs controversy – "In France, it's not the police who kill but the far left"

The prosecutor said at a Monday press conference that at least six people attacked the man at the demonstration.

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La Repubblica

France: Government accuses Mélenchon over the murder of far-right activist Deranque

During the assault in Lyon, Jacques-Elie Favrot, a parliamentary aide to a deputy from La France Insoumise, is said to have been present. The government points the finger at the radical left-wing movement.

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Death of Quentin D.: the parliamentary assistant to LFI deputy Raphaël Arnault has his access to the National Assembly suspended

The presence of Jacques-Elie Favrot, whose name is 'cited by several witnesses' in the deadly assault on the nationalist activist, could lead to public order disturbance, explains the presidency of the Palais-Bourbon.

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Death of Quentin D. in Lyon: Maud Bregeon denounces LFI's 'moral responsibility' in a 'climate of violence'

The Mélenchon movement has been targeted since the death of a young far-right activist on Saturday, following clashes between antifascists and identitarian groups in Lyon

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Death of Quentin D.: La France Insoumise questioned by the right and the far right

The movement of Jean-Luc Mélenchon is under pressure since the death of a young far-right activist on Saturday following clashes between anti-fascists and identity groups in Lyon. He is criticized for his proximity to the Jeune Garde, the group accused of taking part in the violence

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Mort de Quentin Deranque à Lyon : le récit minute par minute d’un lynchage qui choque la France

RÉCIT - L’étudiant de 23 ans a été tabassé jeudi dernier alors qu’il assurait bénévolement la protection de sept militantes du collectif identitaire et féministe Némésis, qui manifestaient contre la venue de Rima Hassan à l’IEP de Lyon.

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Death of Quentin: from 'noise and fury' to 'revolutionary action', Mélenchon’s hostile rhetoric

DECRYPTION - The strategy of brutalization and polarizing the political debate has the LFI leader drawing criticism after the deadly assault on a young nationalist student in Lyon.

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The Guardian

French police launch murder inquiry after far-right activist’s death in Lyon

Quentin Deranque, 23, who was on sidelines of a protest, died from a brain injury after attack that has fuelled political tensions French police have launched a murder inquiry after a far-right activist died in hospital having been beaten up in an attack that has fuelled political tensions in France. Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old mathematics student, died from a severe brain injury at the weekend. The Lyon prosecutor, Thierry Dran, said Deranque was assaulted by at least six masked individuals. Police were working to identify suspects and no arrests had been made, Dran said. Continue reading. . .

“The debate is no longer possible”: At Sciences Po Lyon, the far left dictates its rules

Four days after the violence that cost 23-year-old Quentin his life, the director of IEP Lyon says there was no 'risk to public order' in hosting Rima Hassan.

Death of Quentin: The government targets La France Insoumise, while presenting it as on par with the RN

Analysis - The government spokesperson blamed 'a moral responsibility of LFI' after the student's deadly beating. But the relationship with the Mélenchonist movement remains ambiguous within the Macron camp.

Death of Quentin Deranque: an investigation for "voluntary homicide" has been opened; no arrests at this stage, says the Lyon prosecutor

While the government has pointed to the Jeune Garde antifasciste, the prosecutor did not provide any details on the attackers' profile of the 23-year-old identitarian activist who was beaten Thursday in the streets of Lyon

The investigation into Quentin D.'s death progresses in Lyon after several significant testimonies, according to the prosecutor

The investigations are focusing on a scene of violence that followed clashes between two groups of radicalized militants, far-right and far-left, on February 12 near Sciences Po Lyon, where a conference by the La France Insoumise MEP Rima Hassan was held.

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Video: Death of Quentin Deranque: What to take away from the prosecutor's press conference

The public prosecutor for Lyon, Thierry Dran, provided an update on the deadly assault on the identitarian activist, who was beaten on February 12 during clashes between antifascist and far-right militants in Lyon.

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Death of Quentin Deranque: witnesses accuse Jacques-Elie Favrot, the LFI parliamentary assistant to Raphaël Arnault

Two associates of the Nemesis collective say they were assaulted Thursday evening by members of the Jeune Garde, including Jacques-Elie Favrot. It remains to be seen whether the parliamentary assistant is among the individuals—at least six—who lynched the 23-year-old man.

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Quentin's death in Lyon: The Insoumis lament the effects whose causes they cherish

OP-ED - While the Insoumis reject any link to the alleged murderers of Quentin, lynched on the margins of a conference by Rima Hassan, they should not be surprised that their verbal violence and the theorization of revolutionary violence lead to the worst, according to the philosopher.

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