What we all know concerning the demise of Quentin D. in Lyon | EUROtoday

Quentin D., a 23-year-old pupil, died on Saturday after a violent assault on Thursday on the sidelines of a convention by LFI MEP Rima Hassan on the Institute of Political Studies (IEP) in Lyon, in response to the prosecution. The World takes inventory of what we all know concerning the case at this stage:

What will we find out about what occurred on Thursday?

The circumstances of the tragedy should “to be determined”in response to the Lyon prosecutor’s workplace, which opened an investigation “on account of aggravated fatal assault, in addition to violence aggravated by three circumstances” – “meeting, use of weapon, and accused whose face is concealed”.

For Quentin’s household lawyer, M^e Fabien Rajon, the younger man was the sufferer of “ambush, methodically prepared” stretched by “organized and trained individuals, in very large numbers and armed, some with masked faces, having carried out prior scouting and a priori having complicity”. “These facts, if confirmed by the investigation (…) constitute a crime”he added in a press launch revealed Saturday after the demise of the scholar.

According to the identification collective Némésis, Quentin was a part of the safety service accountable for guaranteeing the security of its activists who demonstrated close to the IEP in Lyon. These activists have been “attacked”in response to the collective, which broadcast on X a video filmed close to the IEP the place we see one of many younger ladies being thrown to the bottom. The males of the safety service would then have been “pursued by a group of around thirty antifas” and Quentin would have been “attacked with extreme violence”, “swept to the ground, his head banged, then he was kicked”in response to the collective.

Another alleged video of the assault broadcast on Saturday night by TF1, filmed from a constructing, reveals round ten folks hitting three folks mendacity on the bottom, two of whom handle to flee.

The firefighters reported that they’d rescued two folks round 7:40 p.m. – Quentin and considered one of his mates – on Quai Fulchiron, in 5^e district, nearly 2 kilometers from the IEP. “Very seriously injured”Quentin had been hospitalized in Lyon.

Who are the attackers?

The perpetrator(s) of the assault haven’t but been recognized, in response to the prosecution.

In a press launch, the Némésis identification group claims to have acknowledged amongst Quentin’s attackers a parliamentary collaborator of MP Raphaël Arnault (LFI), who could be a “active member of the Young Guard”. This anti-fascist group of which Mr. Arnault is among the founders, was dissolved in 2025 by the Minister of the Interior on the time, Bruno Retailleau, for “violent actions”.

Saturday night, Raphaël Arnault wrote on X that he had realized of Quentin’s demise “with horror and disgust” and that he wished “let all light be shed on this tragedy”.

Rima Hassan declared, for her half, that she solely collaborated with the safety service of La France insoumise “who never resorts to violence and who is in no way involved in these clashes”.

Who was Quentin?

Quentin “was neither a security agent nor a member of any security service”in response to his household’s lawyer, M^e Rajon. Without “no criminal record”he “always defended his beliefs in a non-violent manner”. “Mathematics student, practicing tennis and philosophy”he was “invested in pastoral life”in response to the lawyer.

Quentin had come “provide voluntary work” the safety of the Némésis collective, in response to an individual who’s considered one of its members.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon calls on his troops “to be extremely vigilant”

Several LFI workplaces have been broken through the night time from Friday to Saturday, notably at “Paris, Rouen, Metz, Castres, Bordeaux, Lille, Montpellier and Toulouse”in response to the social gathering’s nationwide coordinator, Manuel Bompard. The chief of La France insoumis, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, known as on his troops to “the greatest vigilance”.

A gathering in tribute to Quentin is introduced in Paris at 4 p.m., Place de la Sorbonne.

The Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, known as on Saturday the prefects to “strengthen vigilance around gatherings of a political nature as well as around campaign offices”. Emmanuel Macron denounced on “an unprecedented surge of violence”and known as “calm, restraint and respect”.