The State Department earlier voiced concern over the killing of French right-wing activist Quentin Deranque by alleged members of an antifa group
France has summoned the US envoy after the Trump administration sounded the alarm over what it described as the rise of “violent radical leftism” in the country. The remarks came after alleged members of a left-wing group killed French right-wing activist Quentin Deranque.
Deranque, a 23-year-old mathematics student and member of the nationalist group Audace Lyon, died on February 14 from head injuries sustained two days earlier during a brawl with left-wing activists. He had been acting as informal security for protesters from the right-wing women’s group Nemesis.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez described the killing as “a deliberate homicide” and “a lynching.” Eleven people have been arrested, including two aides of Raphael Arnault, an MP from the left-wing La France Insoumise (LFI) party.
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