Posted on 02/19/2026 2:14:35 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Those detained include a parliamentary assistant for a deputy from the radical left France Unbowed (LFI) party.
Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old maths student, died in hospital on Saturday - two days after being beaten and kicked about the head by a gang of masked young men in Lyon.
It happened after a small demonstration by far-right feminists - who Deranque was supposed to be helping protect - at the city's Institute of Political Studies (IEP), commonly known as Sciences-Po.
The arrests confirm what has widely been reported: that those suspected of the murder are far-left militants linked to a banned group called La Jeune Garde (Young Guard).
The most striking news is that among the nine in custody is Jacques-Elie Favrot, a young man who until now has been employed as parliamentary assistant at the National Assembly in Paris for a deputy from LFI.
The murder is putting huge pressure on LFI, on its 70 MPs, and on its veteran leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who is a likely contender in next year's presidential election.
On Sunday, Mélenchon said his party had "nothing to do with this story. Those who accuse us are committing a libel.
"We express our consternation, but also our empathy and compassion for [Deranque's] family and friends. We have said dozens of times that we oppose all forms of violence," he said.
On Monday, state prosecutor Thierry Dran told a news conference that Deranque was kicked and punched by "at least six" individuals, and that the post-mortem examination showed fatal damage...
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
They can’t say “murder”?
“far-right”
yea...
Now it is a matter of getting them off to make killing their opponents legal.
Hope you're enjoying your diversity, France.
In the European press “far right” means anyone who believes in borders and believes that European culture is superior to Pakistani culture.
The BBC's contempt just drips off of this sentence. "Far right" means protesting against getting raped. And he was "supposed" to be protecting them. As if that wasn't the real motive for him being there. And yet, he was killed, so I guess the anticipation of violence from the Leftists was justified.
The one name mentioned is that of a young white man, sort of a French variant of the Antifa neckbeards that we see in Portland. We’ll have to wait and see what the rest of the perps look like.
Per the above, the perps were all known to law enforcement and four were under surveillance.
If that’s accurate, great job there, LE.
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