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"This is not a political game": France faces reckoning after killing of 23 year old
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"This is not a political game": France faces reckoning after killing of 23 year old

France 24 · Feb 16, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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The fatal beating of a 23-year-old man in Lyon has shocked France and ignited a fierce political row. The victim, identified only as Quentin, died in hospital after being attacked on 12 February on the sidelines of clashes near a political event at Sciences Po Lyon attended by a left-wing politician. Prosecutors say he was assaulted during confrontations between rival activists and later succumbed to a traumatic brain injury, prompting a murder inquiry by French police.

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