Overview
- Police carried out coordinated operations in the Lyon area, Haute-Loire, Drôme, Isère and Aisne, taking eight men and three women into custody in the inquiry into the 23‑year‑old's fatal beating.
- Two parliamentary aides to LFI deputy Raphaël Arnault and a former intern are among those detained, including Jacques‑Elie Favrot, suspected of direct participation, and Robin C., suspected of helping a suspect evade arrest.
- Investigators say six detainees are suspected of taking part in the street assault and three of providing support, with further arrests possible as the inquiry continues.
- Arnault said he has initiated procedures to end Favrot’s contract and that the aide has ceased parliamentary duties, after the Assembly president suspended his access earlier in the week.
- Political fallout intensified as government figures pressed LFI to exclude Arnault, LFI rejected what it called political exploitation and took distance from La Jeune Garde, and press reports said some suspects hold 'fiche S' security listings.