Lyon: Killing of far-right student rocks French politics

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Lyon: Killing of far-right student rocks French politics

The killing of far-right student Quentin Deranque by suspected far-left activists in Lyon has had reverberations across French politics and in Washington, with President Trump weighing in over the killing.

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The US State Department had called the rise of violent radical leftism a threat to public safety.

In Lyon, the debate has intensified about whether far-left violent extremism is now more of a threat than that of the far-right.

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Date: February 24, 2026