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French Student Dies After Attack at Lyon Political Protest
Quentin Deranque, 23, died after an attack by masked far-left militants during a protest against a far-left MEP, prompting a murder investigation and 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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French authorities arrested nine suspects in the fatal street beating of 23-year-old mathematics student and right-wing activist Quentin Deranque in Lyon, a case that has shaken France’s political landscape and triggered renewed scrutiny of figures linked to the far-left. Deranque died Saturday, two days after prosecutors said he was attacked near Lyon’s Institute of Political Studies during unrest surrounding a protest, according to TF1 Info. P…
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