Two more people have been detained by French authorities investigating the killing of a far-right student activist by suspected radical left militants in Lyon, bringing the total in custody to 11.
Quentin Deranque, 23, suffered a fatal brain injury when he was beaten and kicked during a demonstration last week on the sidelines of a conference held by Rima Hassan, a member of the European Parliament for hard-left party France Unbowed (LFI).
The wave of arrests began on Wednesday, and included a parliamentary assistant to LFI politician Raphaël Arnault.
Arnault said his assistant, Jacques-Elie Favrot, had halted all his work in parliament and his contract was being terminated.
Even before his arrest, Favrot's lawyer said he formally denied responsibility for the activist's death and was unable to continue his duties because of death threats.
