00:00The killing of Quentin Durand in Lyon is sending shockwaves through French politics as the identities
00:06of some of those arrested put the France Unbowed party in the spotlight.
00:14French authorities have so far arrested nine suspects.
00:17Among them is a parliamentary aide for France Unbowed MP Raphael Arnaud.
00:21The aide has been dismissed but there are calls to go a step further.
00:26France Unbowed needs to clean up its ranks and I call on their president Mathilde Panot
00:31to exclude MP Raphael Arnaud from her group, or at least temporarily, make things clear
00:37and say no to violence.
00:41The government has singled out France Unbowed and Les Jeunes Guards, an anti-fascist organisation
00:46dissolved by the French government last year.
00:49Formerly led by Raphael Arnaud, the group would help provide protection at party rallies.
00:54France Unbowed has rejected any responsibility.
00:59If there are former members of the Jeunes Guards, obviously they must be punished and condemned.
01:04But this incident didn't happen within the framework of an organisation, since the Jeunes
01:08Guards no longer has any leadership.
01:12It has been dissolved, therefore it cannot be held responsible for this.
01:18A video released by newspaper Le Guénard Enchaîné has provided more details on the moments
01:23leading up to the killing, showing that the assault wasn't an isolated attack, but rather
01:28that both opposing groups had come to fight it out.
01:31The incident has provided fertile ground for political blame, setting the stage for a bitter
01:36exchange in the upcoming municipal elections.
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