in which polls suggest<\/a> the far-right National Rally (RN) could achieve its best result to date.<\/p>\nThe first wave of arrests was announced late on Tuesday, as Dran said nine suspects had been arrested. Those detained included people who were suspected of having participated in the violence and others who had provided support to them, sources told Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n
Hours later, two more suspects were arrested: a man who the prosecutor said was suspected of being directly linked to the violence as well as his partner, who was suspected of trying to help him evade justice.<\/p>\n
The LFI politician Rapha\u00ebl Arnault confirmed that his parliamentary assistant was among those detained, adding the aide had \u201cceased all parliamentary work\u201d.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, as news of the arrests spread, the LFI said it had been forced to evacuate its national headquarters. \u201cThe national headquarters of LFI have just been evacuated following a bomb threat,\u201d the party\u2019s coordinator, Manuel Bompard, said on social media. \u201cPolice services are on site. All employees and activists are safe.\u201d<\/p>\nManuel Bompard talks to the press outside the party\u2019s headquarters after its evacuation.<\/span> Photograph: Charlotte Siemon\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAs videos of last week\u2019s deadly confrontation continued to circulate on social media, M\u00e9lenchon called for calm. \u201cLet\u2019s not fuel the incitement to take the law into one\u2019s own hands,\u201d the LFI leader said on social media.<\/p>\n
Images broadcast by TF1 of the alleged attack showed several people hitting three others who were lying on the ground, two of whom managed to escape. One witness told AFP: \u201cPeople were hitting each other with iron bars.\u201d<\/p>\n
N\u00e9m\u00e9sis, the anti-immigration collective linked to Deranque, has blamed the killing on La Jeune Garde (Young Guard), an anti-fascist youth group co-founded by Arnault before he was elected to parliament. La Jeune Garde \u2013 which was dissolved in June \u2013 has denied any links to the \u201ctragic events\u201d and Arnault has called the killing \u201chorrific\u201d.<\/p>\nWhile the government has singled out LFI and La Jeune Garde, the Lyon prosecutor on Monday declined to comment on those claims, instead telling reporters that the investigation was looking into suspected \u201cintentional homicide\u201d and aggravated assault.<\/p>\n
Politicians held a minute of silence on Tuesday afternoon at France\u2019s national assembly in memory of Deranque, while a march is expected to be held in Lyon next Saturday in his honour.<\/p>\n
In a post this weekend, the French president, Emmanuel Macron<\/a>, addressed the incident and called for calm. \u201cIt is essential that the perpetrators of this ignominy be prosecuted, brought to justice and convicted. Hatred that kills has no place among us,\u201d he wrote on social media. \u201cI call for calm, restraint and respect.\u201d<\/p>\nAgence France-Presse contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n#Parliamentary #aide #among #arrested #killing #French #farright #activist #France<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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