Killing of Quentin Deranque

February 2026 death in France

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On 14 February 2026, Quentin Deranque, a French far-right activist who was tasked with defending a meeting in Lyon of the far-right Collectif Némésis, was beaten by several far-left antifascists, and died of his brain injuries two days later. Deranque's death, initially reported as an attack on an isolated victim, rather than a brawl between two armed groups, provoked national political reactions in the lead-up to municipal elections and a minute of silence to be held in the National Assembly. Part of the French political class accused the far-left, or even the ultra-left, of being responsible, while the public prosecutor office sought to identify the perpetrators.

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