Gianluca Lonostro

This individual in particular is called Jacques-Élie Favreau.

He was an assistant to a lawmaker from the heart-left France Unbowed Party.

And so far, several suspects have been accused of direct participation in the beating.

But particularly the involvement of the former assistant to the lawmaker has stirred tensions quite a bit.

This incident has given the far-right National Rally an opening to cast itself as a victim of deadly extremist violence.

We've seen the National Rally party leader

Jordan Bardella accusing political opponents of enabling LFI.

But at the same time, the national rally do not want to be seen anymore as a militant political force in the country, but perhaps as a more reliable option.

There have been comparisons to Charlie Kirk, who died in the United States last year.

Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Maloney, called the killing a wound for all of Europe.

She's not speaking only as Italy's prime minister, but she's also one of the closest European leaders to Donald Trump.