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Corsica under tension after the death of Colonna

2022-03-22T19:45:49.190Z


STORY – The island was calm on Tuesday, but the risk of a conflagration is on everyone's mind. Bastia “A revolt”, “reprisals”, “anger” . Despite the sun that filled the terraces of the city, the people of Bastia do not hide their concern the day after the announcement of the death of Yvan Colonna, three weeks after his violent attack by a fellow prisoner in Arles. Read also Death of Yvan Colonna: from the Corsican independence commitment to the assassination of the prefect Érignac While


Bastia

“A revolt”, “reprisals”, “anger”

.

Despite the sun that filled the terraces of the city, the people of Bastia do not hide their concern the day after the announcement of the death of Yvan Colonna, three weeks after his violent attack by a fellow prisoner in Arles.

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Death of Yvan Colonna: from the Corsican independence commitment to the assassination of the prefect Érignac

While Matignon announced on Tuesday that the transfer to Corsica of the other two members of the "Érignac commando" would be effective by mid-April, it is time for mourning and meditation.

But no one is fooled: after the calm, there is a risk of a storm.

“I fear that in the next few days new movements will take place.

There is a risk of a revolt and violence

,” worries Joseph, 70.

“We are not going to give up”

In front of the Bastia courthouse, the roundabout bears the marks of the fire lit in the night by around forty people who came after the announcement of the death of the "shepherd of Cargèse".

These gatherings took place calmly in Bastia and Ajaccio, where a few dozen people sang…

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Source: lefigaro

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