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    Nine arrested in France over death of far-right student

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    1. JG1313 on

      The Canard enchaîné showed a video revealing the far right militia were armed and actively looked for confrontation by ambushing the far left militants, starting it all. 

      It does not excuse anything and murder is murder. But the narrative of the innocent young boy doesn’t stand anymore. He was a militia man actively seeking violence. 

      But as the victim was far right and not far left, instead of hearing fascists stating « FAFO », we hear them trying to make martyrdom out of this dramatic event. 
      Now justice must do its work, far from far right political milking, which needs time.

    2. shadowrun456 on

      I’ve never heard of this guy, but a quick google search says:

      >Lyon has long been home to “ultra-right” groups like Lyon Populaire and the Rempart. These groups were frequently involved in street brawls and attacks on left-wing activists and minorities. The French government eventually ordered the dissolution of several such groups in June 2025 due to their history of inciting violent acts.

      Was there any outrage for the attacks on left-wing activists and minorities? Taking a school analogy, it seems like the bullies were ignored, but when the victim has finally had enough and retaliated, suddenly everyone is upset?

      If I am wrong, please feel free to correct me.

      Edit: just made the comment, and already being downvoted simply for asking for more info. It only proves to me that what I’ve found is correct.

    4. AdOriginal1084 on

      Most normal people find this murder abhorrent most people on reddit are not normal dont get baited by those celebrating his death on here murder is still wrong regardless of their political leanings.

    5. Adorable-Database187 on

      >On Thursday afternoon Deranque had given support to a hard-right feminist collective Némésis, which staged a small protest against a left-wing politician’s visit to Lyon’s Institute of Political Studies (IEP), commonly known as Sciences-Po.

      Its pretty lazy journalism to not dig a single click deeper

      >Originally from Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône (Auvergne-rhône-alpes), Quentin Deranque is a 23-year-old mathematics student and activist identity nationalist[8],[9],[10],[11],[12] small group neofascist Allobroges Bourgoin based in Isère and the group nationalist-revolutionary lyonnais Audace, from Social stronghold, while theFrench action claimed to have counted him among his activists[13],[14].

      He participated in the 2025 edition of the neo-Nazi rally May 9 Committee[13],[14],[15],[16].

      https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort_de_Quentin_Deranque

    6. RobPez on

      Meanwhile the peaceful citizens, who are neither far left nor far right, can only watch on as the world crumbles. We need statesmen, not thugs.

    7. S_Weld on

      Hopefully the whole of LFI gets disbanded by the government for their numerous links with violent extremist left militias.

    9. PurchaseDry9350 on

      ‘Justice for Quentin’? He was a neo nazi. We used to kill nazis, that’s how they were stopped. He would have supported gas chambers, the holocaust and genocide. So why should I feel sorry for him? He wanted to do the same to many many others!

    11. BandicootNecessary26 on

      The leader of the far-left LFI hilarously had regrets that the blows used were fatal, but still approved of the left’s political violence.

      “Jean-Luc Melenchon, the veteran leader of LFI, said that those who had attacked Deranque had “dishonored” themselves by acting with apparent lethal intent. “When it comes to violence, whether it be defensive or offensive… not all blows are allowed,” he said.”

      https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/02/17/five-arrested-in-murder-probe-over-far-right-activist-s-death-in-lyon_6750588_7.html

      As if political mob violence can be uitilized and measured justly. Unintelligent and violent animals…

    12. FactChiquito on

      There are feminists who team up with the far left (and therefore Muslims), (just like LGBT+ people) and there are feminist who believe it’s not the brighted idea to have…

    15. AntiqueLibrarian5965 on

      They better get sent to jail for a looong time. Killing people for having differing political opinions is unacceptable. Animals.

    16. EizanPrime on

      Very disappointed that BBC doens’t talk about the video showing that the far right group was actively ambushing. I guess a win for all of the alt right lobbys

    17. Zegram_Ghart on

      It’s sad he died, but by all accounts he was actively seeking violence, so it’s pretty hard not to lay the blame at his own feet….

    18. schtickshift on

      It is worth remembering that Europe should not import the American style culture wars. Young people need to be taught that tolerating other people having their own opinions that you don’t agree with is a critical and essential foundational value for European society and culture.

    19. Tom_Bombadinho on

      In my humble opinion, anyy far right death is tragic 

      They should be imprisoned for life, death is too good and easy for those assholes

    20. ThePassionOfTheISK on

      Thread full of people victim blaming and excusing violence based on AI output. Article says there’s an investigation. Wait for the results, maybe?