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Arrests in Corsica: two police custody lifted, a man brought to justice

2022-12-04T19:15:04.375Z


One of the three men arrested Thursday in Corsica in the investigation of a clandestine press conference in 2021 will be presented to an investigating judge,...


One of the three men arrested Thursday in Corsica in the investigation of a clandestine press conference in 2021 will be presented to an investigating judge, the other two were released on Sunday, we learned from sources close to the investigation. .

At the end of three days of police custody, a man "

is the subject of a warrant to bring for a presentation to the examining magistrate in the week

" at the anti-terrorist pole of the Paris court for a possible indictment, said a source close to the investigation.

Two other people were released without charge at this stage on Sunday afternoon.

One of them is Pierre Paoli, according to the source.

An activist of the independence party Corsica Libera, the latter is suspected of having been the leader of the Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC).

His release "

was written from the start in view of the absence of elements against him

", reacted to AFP his lawyer Jean-François Casalta.

Clandestine press conference

These three people had been arrested Thursday morning as part of a judicial investigation opened by the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office (Pnat), in particular the head of a terrorist criminal association, a judicial source had indicated.

These arrests, carried out by the anti-terrorist sub-directorate (Sdat) of the judicial police, are linked to the investigation into a clandestine press conference, a source familiar with the matter told AFP.

In a press release, sent on September 2, 2021 to Corse-Matin, the FLNC threatened a return to armed struggle on the island if the French state continued "

its policy of contempt

".

On a video accompanying the press release, about fifty men, hooded, dressed in black and heavily armed surrounded an activist who read the text signed by the FLNC Union des combatants (FLNC-UC) and the FLNC on October 22.

The association for the defense of so-called political prisoners Sulidarita and Corsica Libera had denounced these arrests and called for a rally in front of the Ajaccio police station.

Darmanin postpones his visit

Corsica has known for a year a multiplication of arson attacks mainly targeting second homes of French people residing in France, but without official claim.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, who was to visit the island on Thursday and Friday to sign "

transformation and investment plans for Corsica

", postponed his trip to January.

"

The elected officials consider that in view of the climate of tension around the question of detainees and recent arrests, it is better to leave a little time for the tension to decrease

", it was explained Sunday place Beauvau.

"

Judicial investigations should not be correlated to any political calendar or serve as an alibi for the government

," said Mr. Casalta.

Source: lefigaro

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