France: 6 Members of La Jeune Garde Identified in Beating Death of Quentin Deranque: 4 in Custody Including Parliamentary Assistant

Hat tip Gates of Vienna

This is an update on the beating death we reported yesterday in Lyon, France, in which a young man protesting the speaking appearance of Rima Hassan was attacked and beaten to death by about 6 people. Now, Le Figaro is reporting that police have identified 6 persons, all of whom are reportedly members of the leftist organization, La Jeune Garde as having participated in the murder. Four of the suspects are in custody, including Jacques-Elie Favrot, who is reportedly an assistant to French Parliament Deputy Raphael Arnault of the left-wing La France Insoumise Party, of which Hassan is also a member. A shocking development. 

We are translating the headline and sub-topic information of the below article from Le Figaro, which is a timeline of events.

Live- Death of Quentin Deranque in Lyon: 4 suspects arrested, including Jacques-Elie Favrot, parliamentary assistant to La France Insoumise  Deputy Raphael Arnault

-By Sidonie Rahola-Boyer and Maxime Dubernet de Boscq 

*Update: France Bleu is reporting that 5 suspects are in custody.

France Bleu

France: Rightist Activist Beaten to Death in Lyon by Antifa-Type Group

On February 12, a young man named Quentin Deranque was attacked and beaten by several masked men in Lyon. He subsequently died of his injuries. The incident occurred while the victim and others were protesting the speaking appearance of Rima Hassan, a Palestinian-born activist and politician with the France Insoumise party in France, a far-left party. Hassan is known in France as an advocate for the Palestinian cause.

Rima Hassan

As yet, there are no arrests in the case, but French police say that they have identified suspects who belong to the far-left Antifa-type organization Jeune Garde. Deranque is reported in the French media as being a far-right activist and supporter of a far-right feminist organization called Nemesis, which was protesting the appearance by Hassan. Deranque was reportedly acting as security for the protesters.

La Jeune Garde at a prior demonstration

-France24

We are working on subtitling a French news video on the case.

* Update: Here is the France24 video with English subtitles, provided by RAIR Foundation USA, Vlad Tepes, and Gates of Vienna. Translation by Fousesquawk.

Germany: The Dangers of Train Travel in Germany

Leipzig Central Train Station

A few days ago, we reported on the murder of a train ticket conductor in Germany at the hands of a passenger who had no ticket. At the time, the German media reported that the suspect, who is in custody, was a Greek national. It has subsequently been reported that he is a Syrian.

A just-released report by BILD am Sonntag (Bild on Sunday) describes just how dangerous it is to ride on German trains and pass through major German train stations due to the high number of violent incidents. The report also states that foreigners are represented among the perpetrators at a number above their percentage of the population. The below article from Deutsche Welle is translated by Fousesquawk. Note that the article refers to the murder of the train conductor but still calls the suspect a Greek national.  

Several thousand violent crimes on trains and at train stations.

13 hours ago

The deadly attack on a train conductor in Germany has led to outrage. A report now lists documented crimes such as knife-and sexual crimes.

Caption: Employees of the railway and federal police pay tribute to the dead train conductor in Frankfurt (Hessen) on February 4, 2026.

On trains and in train stations in Germany in the past year, there have been more than 980 knife attacks and around 2,200 sexual crimes that have been documented. That is reported by BILD on Sunday newspaper and is based on numbers from the Federal Police. In addition, 5,660 violent crimes were recorded against federal railway police officers. In 2024, the number was slightly lower. A spokesperson for the German railway said these numbers do not include some 15,000 verbal attacks-including spitting (at officers). 

Main hotspot: Leipzig train station

According to the report, the main train station of the Saxon city of Leipzig had a lot of violence. There, 859 violent crimes were reported. That is followed by the main train stations of Dortmund (735), Berlin (654), Cologne (648), Hannover (612), Munich (553), Nuremberg (528), Frankfurt am Main (520), and Düsseldorf (499). The report also stated that non-German suspects were detected more frequently, based on their percentage of the population, than German suspects.

Caption: Entrance hall of Leipzig Main Train Station.

 At the beginning of February, a train conductor was attacked by a passenger during a ticket check on a regional train in the federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz. The 36-year-old died from his serious injuries shortly afterward in a hospital. The suspect is in pre-trial custody. According to the State Prosecutor's Office, he is a 26-year-old Greek citizen, who, according to some reports, lives in Luxembourg.

Bodycams for all rail employees

As a consequence, top representatives from federal, state, and German Rail agreed on concrete safety measures at a summit on Friday. Thus, all employees who have contact with customers will receive cameras, so-called Bodycams, by the end of 2026, as Railway CEO Evelyn Palla, announced in Berlin. In additional 200 more employees will be hired for added security.

Improvements in protective equipment are also planned. Rail employees will also be given intensive behavioral and de-escalation training. An emergency button to get rapid assistance in emergency situations will be further developed. At the next transport minister conference at the beginning of March, further consequences will be discussed.

Netherlands: 15 ISIS Supporters Arrested

This story out of the Netherlands is about 5 days old. Dutch police announced that they had arrested 15 persons between the ages of 16-53, most of whom having Syrian nationality, for disseminating Islamic State propaganda on a TikTok account and encouraging others to join ISIS and commit terrorist attacks.

The article below from BNR (Nl) is translated by Fousesquawk.  

10 February 2026 at 13:36: Updated 10 February at 13:28

Fifteen arrests after using TikTok account to glorify ISIS

-Authors:BNR Online editorial staff and ANP

On Tuesday, the police arrested 15 people because they allegedly used TikTok to incite others to (commit) terror attacks. They are suspected of having spread propaganda for the Islamic State terror group. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, they also glorified martyrdom.

Thirteen suspects have Syrian nationality. That is reported by the police in a press statement. 

The TikTok account had been monitored by the police in the Hague since August. According to the police, "large-scale Dutch subtitled ISIS propaganda" was disseminated, in which there were calls to join the fight with ISIS. Martyrdom was also glorified. Some posts received more than 100,000 views.

The suspects, ages 16-53, were arrested by several police units in the country. They are suspected of incitement to (commit) a terrorist crime,  dissemination of ISIS propaganda, and/or participation in a terrorist organization. Four of the suspects are minors. 

France: Paris Cops Kill Knife-Wielding Terrorist Under Arc de Triomphe

Suspect previously convicted in Belgium for attempted terrorist attack

Brahim B.

-7 Sur 7 (Be)

* Update (2-14-2026): Daily Mail (UK) has fully identified the suspect as Brahim Bahrir. He was reportedly released just a few weeks ago from a French prison after having been transferred from Belgium to France to serve the remainder of his sentence for a 2012 terrorist attack in Belgium. 

Today, French Gendarmes were attacked by a man identified as Brahim B. as they were lighting the flame at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The suspect was shot and killed by Gendarmes. While not noted in the below article, this same subject was convicted of terrorist acts in Belgium in 2012 when he attempted to stab cops with a knife. The below article from France Bleu is translated by Fousesquawk.

Paris: A man shot dead after threatening Gendarmes- National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office takes charge

A man is dead from his wounds after having threatened Gendarmes with a knife on Friday during a ceremony of relighting the flame under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, FranceInfo, France Inter, and ICI  have learned.

A man shot on Friday in Paris has died from his wounds, the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office (Pnat) is announcing in a press release Friday evening. He attempted to attack Gendarmes with a knife under the Arc de Triomphe, several sources indicated to France Inter, FranceInfo, and ICI Provence. Sirpa (National Gendarme Communication Service) confirms that no Gendarme is injured. 

The assailant attempted to attack Gendarmes with a knife near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the daily ceremony of lighting the flame. Sirpa states that the man attacked musicians of the Mobile Gendarmerie.

According to initial details, a Gendarme opened fire in the direction of the assailant. Wounded by gunfire, the man fell to the ground. According to a police source (speaking) to France Inter, the Gendarme fired 4 times. A response which, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez (speaking) to ICI Provence, was conducted "within the framework of the law and regulations".

PNAT states they have opened an investigation for "attempted murder of persons of public authority in relation to a terrorist enterprise" and for "participation in a criminal, terrorist association". 

"I want to congratulate the Gendarmes who immediately reacted," said Emmanuel Macron on Friday to journalists at the sidelines of the Munich Conference on Security. "Our internal security forces are mobilized, and they intervened this evening to stop this terrorist attack," he continued. "We are constantly vigilant." 

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The paragraph below, which is excerpted from the Dutch-language Belgian daily, De Morgen, is translated by Fousesquawk.

According to Le Parisen, he is 48-year-old Brahim B. The man was convicted in the past in Belgium after he stabbed two police officers on June 8, 2012. At that time, according to his own statement, he wanted to punish the country for its ban on wearing the burka. A few months ago, he was freed from prison, according to the French newspaper. The French intelligence service, DGSI, had previously warned that he would commit an attack.

Belgium: Horrific Murder in Antwerp: Sentence Passed

An Antwerp court has sentenced Mohamed Kargbo (21)  to 30 years in prison for the murder and dismemberment of a Chinese sex worker in January 2023. The murder took place in the victim's apartment in the Antwerp district of Duerne. After killing the woman, he cut her body into pieces and placed part of the remains in a suitcase, which he left in the cellar of the apartment building. Other remains were found nearby in the cellar under a mattress.

In addition to the 30, Kargbo also received an additional 15 years of a special custody provision, under which (due to the nature of the crime and his danger to society), at the expiration of his 30-year sentence, he will be subject to continued custody or supervised release.

We are working on adding English subtitles to this video in the Dutch-language newspaper, Nieuwsblad.

*Update: The video can be viewed at Gates of Vienna here. Hat tip Gates of Vienna, Vlad Tepes, and RAIR Foundation USA for subtitling. Translation by Fousesquawk.

Switzerland: Pensioner Pushed onto Tracks in Front of Oncoming Train

Hat tip Gates of Vienna

*Update (2-13-2026): The suspect in this case has been arrested by Swiss police. He is described at this point only as a 56-year-old German national. 

Last Sunday afternoon, at a train station in the Swiss canton of Solothurn, an elderly man was pushed onto the tracks and was struck by an incoming train, suffering severe injuries. The perpetrator, identified only as a young man 180 cm tall with a beard, fled the scene, and is still being hunted by police.

This is a recurring problem at European train stations and has resulted in fatalities for several victims. The perpetrators are generally migrants, many of whom are in the country illegally.

The below article from the local newspaper Solothurner Zeitung is translated by Fousesquawk.

Grenchen North Train Station

Pensioner pushed in front of train by unknown person and seriously injured- witnesses sought

By Corinne Buerki      February 9, 2026 at 11:33

At the Grenchen North train station, a man was pushed onto the tracks by an unknown person. The pensioner was then struck by an incoming train and was seriously injured. Witnesses are being sought.

On Sunday afternoon, a pensioner was pushed onto the tracks of the Grenchen North train station by an unknown person. It occurred near platform 1, write the Cantonal Police of Solothurn in a report. The pensioner was struck by an incoming train and suffered serious leg injuries.

He first asked for money and then pushed the pensioner onto the track. The (pensioner) was seriously injured.

Victim was asked for money

After medical first aid at the scene, he had to be flown to a hospital by rescue helicopter. According to initial information, the pensioner was first asked for money by the unknown perpetrator.

Perpetrator is 180 centimeters tall

The police and prosecutor's office of Solothurn Canton have immediately begun investigations into the exact sequence of events and the perpetrator.

He reportedly spoke before to other people in front of the train station, (and he) is about 180 centimeters tall, with long hair and a beard, and carrying a backpack. After the crime, he reportedly walked in the direction of the train station parking lot.

How University of California Faculty and Academic Departments Engage in Indoctrination

The Amcha Initiative, an organization based in California and dedicated to exposing anti-Semitism on college campuses, has come out with a study describing how University of California faculty and academic departments have abused their positions and resources to engage in indoctrination of students, particularly in the area of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (promoting the Palestinian narrative). The report focuses on UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Cruz. It can be read in full here. A summary of the report can be read here.

My own personal experience in this issue has convinced me that continued pressure must be put on our universities in order to bring reform to academia in this area. More specifically, the intense pro-Palestinian agitation on our campuses has brought nothing but increased anti-Semitism that the Jewish students must contend with. I have witnessed with my own eyes (on other UC campuses) how professors and entire academic departments use their positions and their resources to engage in pure indoctrination of their students under the guise of academic freedom.

In that vein, I support the actions taken by the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress to shine the light on this problem. If universities cannot or will not reform, they must see their taxpayer-paid funding dry up. In addition, ineffective university administrators should lose their jobs.

This has gone on far too long.

 

The Beauty and the Ugliness at the Winter Games

 This article first appeared in Times of Israel Blogs.

While I am not particularly interested in the Winter Olympics per se, having lived in Milan from 1982-1987, I have been viewing this past week's events with more than a passing interest. The opening ceremony at Milan's San Siro Stadium was particularly interesting for me since for a couple of years, my family and I actually resided directly across the street from the stadium, on via Tesio. The ceremony itself was a thing of beauty, as I knew the Italians would produce, having previously seen how they put on the 1990 World Cup. 

Not so beautiful was what has been going on outside the events in Milan and Cortina. Italian police have had their hands full with all the protesters, who have been determined to disrupt the games. It was feared that the rioters might even crash through police barricades and make it into the stadium to shut down the opening ceremony itself. Fortunately, that did not happen, but before the ceremony itself on the evening of February 6, police had to battle thousands of protesters in the streets of Italy's second-largest city. 

In addition, other miscreants managed to sabotage the Italian rail system, cutting rail cables in places like Bologna and Pesaro, causing massive delays, not to mention endangering travelers. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was understandably outraged and said in a social media posting that "demonstrators against the Olympic games were enemies of Italy".

But just who are these characters to begin with? It seems they have a variety of grievances. Some proclaim that capitalism is destroying the natural environment for profit. For example, to make room for certain events, trees have been cut down on the slopes. Others object to the presence of agents from the American ICE agency, reportedly to act as advisors to security forces. Others were angered by the appearance of Vice President Vance. In general, we have the forces of the extreme left, Antifa, and other anarchists.

And in yet another example of the marriage of the left and the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, Islamists, there is outrage that an Israeli team is taking part in the games. Indeed, the pro-Palestinian element is quite in evidence, as shown by the number of Palestinian flags and keffiyahs among many of the protesters. The same crowd is also up in arms over the recent arrest of a Muslim community leader in Genoa named Mohammad Hannoun, accused with others of raising "charitable" funds for Hamas to the tune of 7 million euros. Last month, the pro-Palestinians disrupted Holocaust remembrance commemorations in various Italian cities. Meanwhile, Italian journalists working for Il Giornale have been receiving threats for reporting on all these shenanigans.

It is impossible to predict what may happen in Italy over the remaining course of the Winter Olympics. Meloni's government is promising to crack down with new legislation, being the one  Western European government willing to say that they have had enough. The Italian people have certainly had enough.

  

Germany: Killer of Train Conductor is Syrian-Not Greek According to Greek Press

Hat tip Gates of Vienna and Jihad Watch Deutschland

Angela Merkel

This week, we translated a news article from Germany describing the beating death of a train conductor at the hands of a "Greek" national. 

Tonight, I received a request from Gates of Vienna to follow up with the German media, both mainstream and alternative, to ascertain if the accused attacker really is Greek, since European media often prefers to describe migrant perpetrators as "Europeans" if they hold European passports.

It appears that this is the case here as well. Jihad Watch Deutschland is reporting that, according to the Greek press, the accused attacker is a Syrian man named Mustafa Aslan. There is some confusion here in the article below, which is translated by Fousesquawk. While the headline indicates that it is the Greek press that has made the revelation that the accused man is Syrian, the text below describes how the initial Greek broadcasters described the attacker as Greek and provides a theory as to why they would do so. A couple of explanations are possible: It could be that initial Greek reports described the attacker as Greek, and other Greek media later revealed that he was Syrian-or- there is a typo in the text, and it should read that "German broadcasters" had described him as Greek.   

Maybe Angela Merkel can explain this for us, as well as why she opened the floodgates to all these Syrians in 2015.  Another innocent victim of Merkel's foolishness.

Greek press reveals: The murderer of German rail employee from Landstuhl is a Syrian Islamist with a Greek passport

A Syrian Islamist who arrived illegally in Greece and held a Greek passport, was portrayed as a "Greek murderer".

His true name is Mustafa Aslan, and he was the same person who killed the train conductor.

The fact is that the Greek broadcasters did not give the true name of this infamous "Greek murderer" raises questions and concerns. Here is the explanation:

By revealing his name, they would have also demonstrated how they "Hellenize" everyone without any checks and would have destroyed the narrative of the "evil Greeks" who murdered the innocent conductor, who actually was a Turk with a German passport (his nationality had nothing to do with his undeserved death).

It goes without saying that we have seen no photos of the murderer, who did not reside in Germany and had been residing in Luxembourg.

The family of the unfortunate conductor was in the hospital since Monday evening, the day of the tragedy, and was hoping for a miracle.

A tragic event has occurred: Serkan's (the Turkish conductor) father suffered a mild heart attack when he learned of his son's death.

"I have survived, but my son will never come back," he said, devastated.

Italy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Winter Olympics

 

-Corriere della Sera

-Il Messaggero

-Il Giornale

While most of us in the US were watching the splendid opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan's San Siro Stadium, as only the Italians know how to put it on, Italy was painfully aware that outside the stadium, in various parts of the city, thousands of protesters, Antifa-types, anarchists, pro-Palestinian types, and Islamists were running amok, attacking police, trying to breach the barricades surrounding the stadium, and launching explosive fireworks at police. In other parts of the country, anarchists were busy sabotaging rail cables and destroying rail infrastructure in an attempt to shut down the country's train traffic.

For me, it is a sad sight, having lived in Milan from 1982-1987, and for the first 2 years of that period, we resided in an apartment directly across the street from San Siro Stadium.

This is just another example of the international marriage of the far left, the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel movement, and the Islamists. The photos and the videos clearly show the presence of the Palestinian flags and the Palestinian scarves among the rioters.

But for those of you in the US watching the Olympics in Milan and Cortina who have not seen these images, you might ask yourselves why. 

Germany: Train Conductor Beaten to Death by Passenger Without Ticket

Once upon a time in Europe, especially in Germany, riding on trains was a pleasant experience. Not so much anymore. Germany is having a rash of violent incidents on trains, mostly thanks to the millions of foreigners who have been arriving since 2015, when Angela Merkel opened the floodgates during the Syrian civil war. There have been robberies, beatings, stabbings, rapes, and murders.

Last Monday, it happened again when a train ticket conductor encountered a 26-year-old Greek man who was riding without a ticket. When the conductor told him he had to get off the train, the Greek guy reacted violently and beat the conductor senseless. The victim, who is reportedly of Turkish background, died in the hospital the next day. The suspect is in custody.

The below article from Junge Freiheit is translated by Fousesquawk. 

Unticketed rider on regional train

Ticket conductor dead after beating attack by foreigner

4 February 2026 

A ticket conductor on the German railway has died after a brutal attack during a ticket control in Kaiserslautern District.  The suspect is a 26-year-old Greek residing in Luxembourg.

Kaiserslautern. A ticket conductor on the German railway has died after a beating attack on a regional train. The 36-year-old family man, Serkan C., succumbed to his severe injuries in the hospital, BILD reports. The attack occurred on Monday evening on a regional train between Landstuhl and Homburg.

As the police report subsequent to an inquiry by Junge Freiheit, the suspect is a 26-year-old Greek without a fixed residence in Germany. Instead, "according to his own statements, he resides in Luxembourg", as the prosecutor's Office in Zweibruecken informs Junge Freiheit. The man was traveling without a ticket. He is suspected of homicide. "There are no prior convictions; he was not known to police in Germany, nor is there any indication of a longer-lasting stay in Germany," according to investigators. Everything else is the subject of ongoing investigation. 

Ticket conductor beaten to death during ticket check

According to the investigation to date, shortly after departure from Landstuhl, the ticket conductor checked a group of several persons aged 20-30 years. At this time, he determined that the 26-year-old Greek could not produce a valid ticket. When the rail employee attempted to remove the man from the train, an argument ensued. 

Witnesses report that the ticket conductor attempted to calm the situation and keep his distance. Nevertheless, shortly thereafter, the suspect suddenly attacked the rail employee and punched him several times with his fist. The conductor then collapsed. 

Passengers provided first aid. The conductor had to be resuscitated on the train. A few minutes after the act, federal police officers arrived. A paramedic took over the first aid. The suspect was arrested at the scene and led away in handcuffs. The seriously injured rail employee was taken to the hospital, where doctors fought for hours to save his life. On Tuesday, the 36-year-old finally succumbed to his injuries. He leaves behind a wife and children.

Railway chief appalled by "terrible act of violence"

The suspect was brought before a judge. The prosecutor's office is investigating it as a homicide. Further information as to possible accomplices from the group or the circumstances of the crime has not been released by investigators.

The CEO of the German Rail, Evylyn Palla, expressed her shock. The tragic death made her "stunned and sad," she said. She conveyed her condolences to the family of Serkan C., his friends, and his colleagues. The German Rail condemned the "terrible act of violence and the completely senseless death of our colleague in the strongest terms". Palla also raised the question of why such outbreaks of violence repeatedly occur. Politics and society must provide an answer. "It is a "black day for all railway passengers in the country". The railway is in mourning. 

 

Violence against employees of the German railway is not uncommon. According to information from the Federal Ministry of Interior, in 2025 to the end of October, there were an average of 5 rail employees a day who were physically attacked. In all, authorities recorded 2,987 cases of threats or physical injuries in this period. In all of 2024, there were about 3,150 attacks. The numbers indicate a further increase in violence.