Four arrested for the death of an ultra in Lyon, one of them an assistant to a deputy from Mélenchon’s party

Three of these far-right militants were later surrounded about two kilometers from the conference site by a group of six hooded men, who gave them a beating.

Two of them, the prosecutor explained, managed to escape, but the third, Quentin, remained inert on the ground, until minutes later he was helped by a friend who tried to take him home when he found him still conscious and even able to express himself, although he had “forgotten the sequence of events.”

But upon seeing that his health was rapidly deteriorating, he called some friends and they decided to alert the emergency services who took him to the hospital where he died this Saturday.

The autopsy performed on his body determined that had a fatal head injurywhich prevented his resuscitation.

Political controversy

The case has raised a great political controversy in France and has placed the leftist The Rebellious France, by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, at the center of criticism from his rivals, on the eve of the campaign for next month’s municipal elections.

Early in the morning, Executive spokesperson Maud Bregeon had taken direct aim at an illegal group known as Young Guard, cIts founder, Raphaël Arnault, is an LFI deputy.

Bregeon assured that this party had a “moral responsibility” in crime for the calls for violence it launches and for giving shelter to that radical group.

Some media published days ago that among the aggressors was a Arnault’s parliamentary assistantto whom the presidency of the National Assembly prohibited access to the premises this Monday. Information that this Tuesday has been confirmed by The Figarowhere they indicate that one of the four arrested was Jacques-Elie Favrot, parliamentary assistant to the left-wing deputy Raphaël Arnault.