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France opens murder probe as killing of far-right activist stokes tensions
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France opens murder probe as killing of far-right activist stokes tensions

France 24 · Feb 16, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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French authorities have opened a murder probe into the death of a far-right activist last week, a public prosecutor said Monday, in a killing the government has blamed partly on the hard left. Quentin Deranque, 23, died after sustaining a severe brain injury when he was attacked Thursday by "at least six" people on the sidelines of a far-right protest against a left-wing politician speaking at a university in Lyon. FRANCE 24's Carys Garland reports.

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