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Killing of far-right activist triggers turmoil across French political spectrum

The killing of 23-year-old far-right sympathiser Quentin Deranque has become a political lightning rod in France © Sylvain THOMAS / AFP

The fatal beating of a 23-year-old far-right sympathiser in Lyon has sparked a blame game between France's left and right political circles, while an investigation is underway to uncover the sequence of events leading up to the young man's death.

Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old mathematics student linked to the far-right collective Némésis, died after being severely beaten during clashes in the city of Lyon on Thursday evening.

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