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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Crackdown on French far right urged after boy’s killing sparks protests

Marchers following the death of a 16-year-old boy in France
A march in Romans-sur-Isere following the stabbing to death of a 16-year-old boy in nearby Crépol in the Drôme, south-eastern France. Photograph: Reynaud Julien/APS-Medias/ABACA/Shutterstock

The French interior minister has called for the dissolution of three extreme-right groups after a series of marches were organised in response to the killing of a 16-year-old in the south-east of the country.

Gérald Darmanin told France Inter broadcaster he was seeking to shut down Division Martel and two other groups he did not name, warning there was a risk of militias targeting people of different skin-colour.

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