PARIS: Eleven people including an aide to a French far-left lawmaker were arrested in France overnight and early on Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in the killing of a far-right activist. Shortly after the announcement, the Paris headquarters of the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party received a bomb threat and had to be evacuated until the all-clear was given when police secured the scene.

A parliamentary aide from the radical-left party La France Insoumise was among those arrested over the fatal beating of Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old far-right activist.

Quentin Deranque died on Saturday, two days after being beaten in Lyon by masked men believed to be far-left militants.

Quentin Deranque, 23, was beaten to death by far-left activists in France's Lyon last week.

Several suspects had been flagged as national security threats due to their ties with the antifascist group Jeune Garde. Two of them worked for MP Raphaël Arnault, the founder of…

Assistant to hard-left parliamentarian among those held over fatal attack on 23-year-old during protest in Lyon

La France Insoumise coordinator Manuel Bompard confirmed that all employees and activists are safe. The party has come under scrutiny in recent days following the fatal beating of…

PARIS: France’s hard-left France Unbowed party said Wednesday it had to evacuate its Paris headquarters following a “bomb threat,” after it was accused of partial responsibility…

Eleven people are in detention in connection with the killing of far-right student activist Quentin Deranque.

PARIS: Eleven people including an aide to a French far-left lawmaker were arrested in France overnight and early on Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in the killing of a…

Eleven people have been arrested for a deadly attack on a far-right student activist at a protest last week in Lyon, France.