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A security guard accompanying female activists from the right-wing feminist group Collectif Némésis has been left brain-dead after violent clashes in Lyon linked to protests surrounding an appearance by La France Insoumise MEP Rima Hassan, according to the group, as prosecutors opened an investigation into aggravated assaul
The Lyon prosecutor’s office confirmed Friday that an investigation had been launched immediately following the events.
“At this stage, the context and circumstances of these events must be determined,” judicial authorities said.
Hassan had been invited to speak on Thursday evening at the Institute of Political Studies during a conference titled “Relations between the European Union and European Governments in the Context of the Middle East Conflict.” Students reportedly greeted the French-Palestinian MEP with a standing ovation inside the venue.
?Une de nos militante a été violemment agressée il y a quelques minutes à Lyon par des partisans de Rima Hassan, venus assister à sa conférence.Notre militante souffre de douleurs à la tête et de nausées suite au choc. Une plainte va être déposée.pic.twitter.com/EsscrJAB2j
Outside, activists from the Collectif Némésis collective gathered to protest Hassan’s visit. According to security sources cited byActuLyon, tensions escalated around 6:30 p.m. when another group confronted demonstrators, leading to clashes. Videos shared online show chaotic scenes, including attempts to seize banners and at least one woman being knocked to the ground.
According to Collectif Némésis leader Alice Cordier, members of the group’s security detail were then attacked.
“A member of our security is between life and death after the Lyon action. He was lynched by the Jeune Garde Antifa,” Cordier wrote on social media.
“The anti-fascists knocked him to the ground and beat him, leaving him for dead in the street. Quentin was swept to the ground, his head struck the pavement, and he was then lynched with kicks,” a statement from the organization read.
Source: modernity
