Quentin Deranque succumbed to severe head injuries sustained in a brawl with suspected Antifa members in Lyon last month.
French authorities have detained two additional suspects over the recent fatal beating of right-wing activist Quentin Deranque in Lyon, with local media reporting that all principal suspects are now in custody. Eleven other individuals were arrested last month, some of whom are alleged to have links to a left-wing group.
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 in a fight with suspected Antifa members. He had been acting as informal security for protesters from the right-wing women’s group Nemesis.
On Wednesday, AFP quoted an anonymous police source as saying that “we now believe we have all those who directly participated in the beating of Quentin Deranque.” The investigation is being handled by France’s Anti-Terrorist Sub-Directorate (SDAT), according to Le Figaro.
Several days after the fatal beating, French authorities arrested 11 individuals, seven of whom are suspected of participating in the assault, while the other four are accused of aiding and abetting them. Six of them have been charged with “voluntary homicide” and one with “complicity by instigation.”
Media reports have linked the suspects to the now-dissolved ultra-left group, Jeune Garde (Young Guard), founded by Raphael Arnault, an MP from the left-wing La France Insoumise (LFI) party. Two of those arrested are believed to have worked as parliamentary assistants to the lawmaker.
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