Overview
- Prosecutors said two new arrests on Wednesday brought the total detained to 11 in the investigation into Deranque’s fatal beating.
- Six detainees are suspected of taking part directly in the assault, with others accused of assisting the attackers, according to information relayed by AFP.
- An autopsy found a fractured skull and fatal brain injuries, and the Lyon prosecutor is pursuing an investigation for intentional homicide and aggravated assault.
- A parliamentary aide to LFI lawmaker Raphaël Arnault is among those held, and Arnault said he has ended the aide’s parliamentary work.
- LFI’s Paris headquarters were evacuated after a bomb threat as TF1 footage of the attack and witness accounts guide the inquiry in a highly charged pre-election climate.