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France moves to ban ultra-right groups in wake of violent protests

A banner reads "Thomas rest in peace" in Romans-sur-Isere, southeastern France on November 22, 2023. AFP - OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE

France is to dissolve three right-wing extremist groups following violent demonstrations at the weekend connected to the killing of a teenage boy.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Tuesday told broadcaster France Inter that the government was targeting a group called Division Martel, along with two others whose names he did not give.

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