loss of life threats towards LFI activists in Rennes | EUROtoday

The MP and candidate for La France insoumise (LFI) within the municipal elections of Rennes, Marie Mesmeur, denounced on Wednesday February 18 inscriptions threatening the loss of life of LFI activists found at Rennes 2 University, in a local weather of utmost tensions after the loss of life of nationalist activist Quentin Deranque.

These registrations goal his deputy and a candidate from the record led by Marie Mesmeur for the municipal elections, specifies the MP in a press launch. Another inscription, “justice for Quentin”refers back to the loss of life of nationalist activist Quentin Deranque. A swastika was additionally drawn, based on images connected to the discharge.

“These facts constitute explicit death threats and must be taken with the utmost seriousness in view of the current political climate”notes the MP for Ille-et-Vilaine, who claims to have made a report back to the Rennes public prosecutor underneath article 40 of the code of legal process. “I asked my substitute as well as the candidate on my municipal list to whom I am referring (…) to file a complaint »declared Marie Mesmeur to Agence France-Presse (AFP). “The current climate is very serious”she added.

Wednesday, the nationwide headquarters of La France insoumise, situated within the X^e arrondissement in Paris, was briefly evacuated following a bomb risk. In Rennes, a name was launched on social networks for a rally on Saturday at 11 a.m. in tribute to the nationalist activist Quentin Deranque.

Quentin Deranque, 23, died final week after being overwhelmed by a number of hooded folks, on the sidelines of a convention by LFI MEP Rima Hassan in Sciences Po Lyonthe place he got here to make sure the safety of activists of the id collective Nemesis. A “pitched battle” was declared between “members of the ultra-left and the ultra-right”based on a supply near the case, following which the younger man discovered himself remoted. Eleven folks had been arrested, together with three near LFI MP Raphaël Arnault.