Overview
- Several hundred people gathered in Lyon for a memorial march that authorities expected could draw 2,000 to 3,000 participants, with a large police deployment in place.
- The family of 23-year-old Quentin Deranque did not attend and asked supporters to avoid political rallies.
- Macron said there is no place for militias and scheduled a cabinet session next week to examine violent groups connected to political movements.
- Investigators are pursuing manslaughter charges against six suspects and complicity against one; the seven men, aged 20 to 26, remain in pretrial detention after evidence of numerous kicks to the victim’s head, with some suspects admitting involvement and some found with illegal weapons.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez authorized the march under close security despite calls for a ban, as political fallout intensifies over links to LFI staffers and threats, including a bomb scare that forced the evacuation of the party’s headquarters.