https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260220-how-the-death-of-far-right-activist-quentin-deranque-became-france-s-charlie-kirk-moment23-year-old far-right activist and student Quentin Deranque, who died from his injuries last weekend – two days after being severely beaten
The brawl that led to Deranque’s death broke out on February 12 in the streets surrounding Sciences Po Lyon’s Institute of Political Studies, where French-Palestinian LFI lawmaker and European parliamentarian Rima Hassan was slated to speak.
Members of the anti-immigration “nationalist feminist” group Némésis came to protest against Hassan, whose outspoken opposition to Israel’s devastating military campaign in Gaza has made her a frequent target of conservatives.
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The moments leading up to Deranque’s fatal beating are still fiercely debated, with a video published by anti-fascist site Contre-Attaque showing a group of more than a dozen armed and masked ultranationalist militants charging a group of far-left militants at the junction outside the tunnel.
Subsequent footage published by Le Canard Enchaîné shows a fierce clash between a bloc of black-clad far-right militants, some armed with pepper spray, reinforced gloves, a metal crutch and a pyrotechnic flare, and a group of anti-fascist militants, largely in street clothes.
Members of both groups were masked and traded blows. At one point in the video, a far-right militant ignites the pyrotechnic flare and hurls it at the head of one of his opponents. Another blasts the leftists with what seems like pepper spray as his comrades lay into their adversaries with the crutch and an umbrella.
As the antifascist cohort drove their opponents steadily down the street, the far-right militants seem to have broken ranks and fled the scene, leaving a couple of stragglers behind to be knocked to the pavement – Deranque among them. Footage filmed by bystanders show a group of anti-fascist militants punching and kicking him in the head as he lay curled on the ground.
It would have been more efficient for some to concentrate on uncurling him and others to concentrate on punching and kicking. Also, there are many effective targets in addition to the head. Each puncher/kicker should have picked a different target to achieve maximum total damage.
After they scattered, passersby report that Deranque got back to his feet, dazed, and shook off efforts to convince him to go to hospital. Alongside a friend who came back for him, he made his way across Lyon’s twin rivers to the other side of town.
Paramedics picked him up and an hour and a half later more than a kilometre away, his condition sharply deteriorated. He was placed in a medically induced coma on arrival at Édouard-Herriot Hospital and died two days later.
Reproductive potential successfully removed, though there was luck involved. Still, thank you to all the Ahimsa activists.
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