{"id":323227,"date":"2026-02-17T06:35:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=323227"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:34:20","slug":"civil-war-looming-numerous-suspects-identified-in-connection-with-beating-death-of-nationalist-23-year-old-quentin-deranque-in-lyon-macron-calls-for-calm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=323227","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Civil war looming\u2019 \u2013 Numerous suspects identified in connection with beating death of nationalist 23-year-old Quentin Deranque in Lyon, Macron calls for \u2018calm\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Remix News \u2013 Feb 16, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The French city of Lyon is reeling following the death of 23-year-old mathematics student Quentin Deranque, who succumbed to injuries sustained during a violent assault from Antifa thugs on Feb. 12. Investigators have reportedly identified five to six participants in the lynching. Several of these suspects were allegedly previously flagged on \u201cS\u201d files, the French term for serious criminals, for their ties to the now-dissolved Antifa movement, Youth Guard (Jeune Garde).<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the brutal killing, there are already those claiming the attack foreshadows a civil war in France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe circumstances of Quentin\u2019s death, as he came to protect the women of Collectif N\u00e9m\u00e9sis, are a foreshadowing of the civil war that is looming. The petty, servile foot-soldiers of \u2018antifascism\u2019 are the cannon fodder of Islamism, which seeks to overthrow our liberal and egalitarian social order and lock women away. Young Quentin is a hero,\u201d wrote Florence Bergeaud-Blackle, the president of CERI and a doctor of anthropology.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Les conditions de la mort de Quentin venu prot\u00e9ger les femmes de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Coll_Nemesis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Coll_Nemesis<\/a> sont une pr\u00e9figuration de la guerre civile qui s\u2019annonce. Les petits serviles de \u00ab\u00a0l\u2019antifascisme\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>\nsont la chair \u00e0 canon de l\u2019islamisme qui veut changer notre ordre social lib\u00e9ral et \u00e9galitaire et\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JRHLmz4BQZ\">pic.twitter.com\/JRHLmz4BQZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florence Bergeaud-Blackler \uf393 (@FBBlackler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBBlackler\/status\/2022967828102463861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The vicious attack against Deranque, a pious Catholic, has shocked France, with even French President Emmanuel Macron commenting on the murder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Lyon, Quentin was the victim of an unprecedented outburst of violence. He lost his life at just 23 years old. To his family and loved ones, I send my thoughts and the support of the Nation. In the Republic, no cause, no ideology will ever justify killing,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EmmanuelMacron\/status\/2022742086441746827\">wrote<\/a> Macron. He further called for \u201ccalm\u201d and \u201crestraint\u201d following the killing.<\/p>\n<p>The murder took place in Lyon at approximately 6:00 p.m. at the corner of Rue Victor-Lagrange and Rue Camille-Desmoulins. Video footage obtained published on French media sites depicts a harrowing scene where a final assailant, wearing a light-colored cap and khaki jacket, \u201cdelivers a final kick to his head\u201d before fleeing.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\uf1eb\uf1f7\uf534 JUST IN: Shocking footage of Antifa thugs murdering French nationalist Quentin D. in Lyon has now been released.<\/p>\n<p>Quentin, who was studying mathematics and was described by friends as a pious Catholic, was protecting the French feminist activist group <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Coll_Nemesis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Coll_Nemesis<\/a> when a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/slFpF1wB0E\">https:\/\/t.co\/slFpF1wB0E<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ETW50KMItQ\">pic.twitter.com\/ETW50KMItQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Remix News &amp; Views (@RMXnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RMXnews\/status\/2022796644497129928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to the attack, Deranque was working security on behalf of the feminist activist organization Collectif N\u00e9m\u00e9sis, along with approximately a dozen other individuals. Approximately 40 Antifa activists pursued the group of women, resulting in running battles in which Deranque was cornered and kicked multiple times in the head by a large pack of Antifa operatives.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the severity of his injuries, Deranque briefly regained consciousness. Accompanied by his friend Max, who was also injured, the pair attempted to walk 1.5 kilometers to Quentin\u2019s apartment rather than seeking immediate medical aid. According to accounts given by Max\u2019s relatives, their roughly 1.5 kilometers journey was a long and arduous ordeal as Quentin D.\u2019s condition, likely due to a cerebral hemorrhage, steadily worsened.<\/p>\n<p>The pair eventually reached Quai Fulchiron around 7:30 p.m. \u2014 90 minutes after the attack \u2014 where a passerby intervened and insisted on calling emergency services. Deranque was declared brain dead the following day.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy has ignited a firestorm of political accusations. Collectif N\u00e9m\u00e9sis has claimed that active members of the anti-fascist group Jeune Garde, including a parliamentary collaborator of MP Rapha\u00ebl Arnault, were involved.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">\u00c0 la suite du d\u00e9c\u00e8s de Quentin \u00e0 Lyon et au regard de t\u00e9moignages mentionnant M. Jacques-Elie Favrot, assistant parlementaire du d\u00e9put\u00e9 Rapha\u00ebl Arnault, j&#8217;ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9, \u00e0 titre conservatoire et sans pr\u00e9judice des suites de l\u2019enqu\u00eate judiciaire, de suspendre ses droits d&#8217;acc\u00e8s \u00e0\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9j61obEvEr\">pic.twitter.com\/9j61obEvEr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ya\u00ebl Braun-Pivet (@YaelBRAUNPIVET) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YaelBRAUNPIVET\/status\/2023338804757581874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ya\u00ebl Braun-Pivet, the president of the National Assembly, has suspended one of the potential suspects, Jacques-Elie Favrot, in response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the death of Quentin in Lyon and in light of testimonies mentioning Mr. Jacques-Elie Favrot, parliamentary assistant to Deputy Rapha\u00ebl Arnault, I have decided, as a precautionary measure and without prejudice to the outcomes of the judicial investigation, to suspend his access rights to the premises of the National Assembly, in order to prevent disturbances to public order that his presence might provoke,\u201d she wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Rapha\u00ebl Arnault is known as a far-left politician in the party of Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon, La France Insoumise\u00a0(LFI).<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer for Arnault\u2019s collaborator stated that her client \u201cformally denies being responsible for this tragedy.\u201d Arnault expressed \u201chorror and disgust\u201d over the death, stating on social media his wish that \u201call light be shed\u201d on the circumstances. A hearing regarding the legality of the Jeune Garde dissolution was scheduled for last Wednesday but was canceled without explanation.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the far-left extremist group Young Guard released a statement via their lawyer, A\u00efnoha Pascual, asserting that they \u201ccannot be held responsible\u201d for the events, as the organization had suspended all activities following its June 2025 dissolution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rmx.news\/article\/french-far-left-leader-melenchon-openly-calls-for-great-replacement-in-shock-speech\/\">French far-left leader M\u00e9lenchon openly calls for Great Replacement in shock speech <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon\u2019s LFI is now under fire from critics.\u00a0Government spokesperson Maud Br\u00e9geon denounced the\u00a0\u201cmoral responsibility\u201d\u00a0of the political party of M\u00e9lenchon, which, according to her, encourages\u00a0\u201ca climate of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LFI is known for its deep ties with Antifa and extremist left-wing organizations, with some calling for a terror investigation into the party.<\/p>\n<p>Following the murder of Deranque, Collectif N\u00e9m\u00e9sis has launched a petition to <a href=\"https:\/\/petition-libertes.com\/petitions\/classer-les-antifas-comme-organisation-terroriste\/\">declare Antifa a terrorist organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe day after an attack of extreme gravity\u00a0against a young man in his 20s, Quentin, left for dead in the streets of Lyon by far-left anti-fascist groups, the government must take its responsibilities and\u00a0classify the Antifa movement on the list of terrorist organizations,\u2019 the group wrote. \u201cWe have been warning for many years about the dangerousness of these groups and about\u00a0the extreme violence of which they are capable. Recent facts are unfortunately not isolated: They are part of a climate of intimidation, attacks and repeated pressure which aims to silence all ideological opposition through fear and violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmx.news\/article\/civil-war-looming-numerous-suspects-identified-in-connection-with-beating-death-of-nationalist-23-year-old-quentin-deranque-in-lyon-macron-calls-for-calm\/\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shock as Antifa-affiliated activists beat a young maths student to death in Lyon, France <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":323229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-france"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=323227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323228,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323227\/revisions\/323228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/323229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=323227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=323227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=323227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}