Issued on: 14/02/2026 - 17:46
A 23-year-old man is in a coma and fighting for his life after taking part in a protest with the far-right collective Nemesis on Thursday in the French city of Lyon, with other activists present claiming they have identified his attackers as members of an antifascist collective linked to the radical left movement La France Insoumise. Antonia Kerrigan tells us more.
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