{"id":2736,"date":"2026-02-20T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2026-02-20T01:24:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:24:30","slug":"parliamentary-aide-among-11-arrested-over-killing-of-french-far-right-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2736","title":{"rendered":"Parliamentary aide among 11 arrested over killing of French far-right activist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eleven suspects, including a parliamentary aide to France\u2019s hard-left party, have been arrested in connection with the killing last week of a far-right activist in an incident that has shocked the country and laid bare its deep political divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quentin Deranque, 23,\u00a0died on Saturday\u00a0after sustaining a severe brain injury. The Lyon prosecutor, Thierry Dran, said he had been \u201cthrown to the ground and beaten by at least six individuals\u201d during an incident last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rema - Calm Down (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CQLsdm1ZYAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The attack took place as Deranque, a mathematics student, was on the sidelines of a protest against a university conference attended by Rima Hassan, a European member of parliament for Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon\u2019s leftwing party, La France Insoumise (LFI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The anti-immigration\u00a0N\u00e9m\u00e9sis collective, which was protesting against the conference, said at the weekend that Deranque had been there to protect its members and was assaulted by anti-fascist activists. Hassan and other members of LFI have condemned the killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident has inflamed political tensions in France in the run-up to next month\u2019s municipal elections as well as the 2027 presidential race,\u00a0in which polls suggest\u00a0the far-right National Rally (RN) could achieve its best result to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first wave of arrests was announced late on Tuesday, as Dran said nine suspects had been arrested. Those detained included people who were suspected of having participated in the violence and others who had provided support to them, sources told Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hours later, two more suspects were arrested: a man who the prosecutor said was suspected of being directly linked to the violence as well as his partner, who was suspected of trying to help him evade justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LFI politician Rapha\u00ebl Arnault confirmed that his parliamentary assistant was among those detained, adding the aide had \u201cceased all parliamentary work\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, as news of the arrests spread, the LFI said it had been forced to evacuate its national headquarters. \u201cThe national headquarters of LFI have just been evacuated following a bomb threat,\u201d the party\u2019s coordinator, Manuel Bompard, said on social media. \u201cPolice services are on site. All employees and activists are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As videos of last week\u2019s deadly confrontation continued to circulate on social media, M\u00e9lenchon called for calm. \u201cLet\u2019s not fuel the incitement to take the law into one\u2019s own hands,\u201d the LFI leader said on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Images broadcast by TF1 of the alleged attack showed several people hitting three others who were lying on the ground, two of whom managed to escape. One witness told AFP: \u201cPeople were hitting each other with iron bars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>N\u00e9m\u00e9sis, the anti-immigration collective linked to Deranque, has blamed the killing on La Jeune Garde (Young Guard), an anti-fascist youth group co-founded by Arnault before he was elected to parliament. La Jeune Garde \u2013 which was dissolved in June \u2013 has denied any links to the \u201ctragic events\u201d and Arnault has called the killing \u201chorrific\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the government has singled out LFI and La Jeune Garde, the Lyon prosecutor on Monday declined to comment on those claims, instead telling reporters that the investigation was looking into suspected \u201cintentional homicide\u201d and aggravated assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Politicians held a minute of silence on Tuesday afternoon at France\u2019s national assembly in memory of Deranque, while a march is expected to be held in Lyon next Saturday in his honour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post this weekend, the French president,\u00a0Emmanuel Macron, addressed the incident and called for calm. \u201cIt is essential that the perpetrators of this ignominy be prosecuted, brought to justice and convicted. Hatred that kills has no place among us,\u201d he wrote on social media. \u201cI call for calm, restraint and respect.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/18\/france-arrests-over-killing-far-right-activist-quentin-deranque-lyon\">(Guardian)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven suspects, including a parliamentary aide to France\u2019s hard-left party, have been arrested in connection with the killing last week of a far-right activist in an incident that has shocked the country and laid bare its deep political divisions. Quentin Deranque, 23,\u00a0died on Saturday\u00a0after sustaining a severe brain injury. 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