In Lyon, an id activist critically injured, his family accuse antifa, cautious justice | EUROtoday

A tragedy occurred on the night of Thursday February 12 in Lyon, the causes and circumstances of which stay unclear by the judicial authorities, however sparked quite a few political reactions, in the midst of the municipal marketing campaign. Quentin D., 23, was taken care of at 7:40 p.m. by the firefighters and a SAMU staff, quai Fulchiron, in 5^e district, alongside the Saône.

Very critically injured, sufferer of a concussion, the younger pupil was transported to Edouard-Herriot hospital, positioned in a coma, together with his life threatening. On website, a buddy who accompanied him informed the rescuers that the younger man had been the sufferer of an assault. In the next hours, this occasion was not notably reported, nor linked to incidents which had damaged out shortly earlier than in two separate locations within the metropolis.

On the one hand, within the 7^e district, close to the premises of Sciences Po, the place activists from the Némésis id group had unfurled a banner to contest the convention of MEP Rima Hassan (La France insoumise, LFI). On the opposite hand, within the premises of the Lyon-3 University, quai Claude-Bernard, the place a college convention on legislation and battle was disrupted, this time, by a gaggle of round twenty ultra-left activists. “These two events motivated a surveillance and intervention system by the police forces, but at no time were there reports of serious violence or injuries at the two places affected by the demonstrations,” specifies a safety supply.

An open investigation

Friday morning, the younger man’s assault took on a very completely different connotation. The Némésis collective claimed, in a number of messages on The small group designated members of the Young Guard, an anti-fascist group dissolved in June 2025 and based by the Lyonnais Raphaël Arnault, who grew to become a deputy (LFI) in 2024 in Vaucluse.

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