A gas cylinder equipped with a firing device was discovered at the home of the owner, originally from the continent, of the Campo di Liccia campsite in Bonifacio (Corse-du-Sud), we learned on Monday January 30 from of the parquet floor of Ajaccio.
The investigation will have to specify if the device did not work or if it was not activated but, in fact, there is no damage or injuries, the prosecutor's office told AFP. Ajaccio which indicates that there are no tags on the property.
Open investigation
“
The owner had been on the mainland for a month, he just got back and made this discovery
,” added the same source.
An investigation for attempted destruction by dangerous means has been opened and entrusted to the Corsican gendarmerie.
Corsica has known for a year a multiplication of arson attacks mainly targeting second homes of French people residing on the continent, often with the presence of tags, but without official claim.
On January 22, a second home in Serra-di-Ferro (Corse-du-Sud), owned by a man living in the Lyon region, was destroyed by arson.
Inscriptions "
GCC
" ("
Ghjuventù clandestina corsa
", "
Clandestine Corsican youth
" in the Corsican language, editor's note) or even "
L'armata di l'ombra
"
(
"
the shadow army
" in Corsican, editor's note) have been discovered.
recurring facts
The day before in Aleria (Haute-Corse), an unoccupied house which had already been damaged twice, had been destroyed "
by explosive
", according to the Bastia prosecutor.
No tag had been found.
On January 20, an "
abandoned house
" in Ajaccio was also damaged by arson and "
nationalist tags
" were discovered.
The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) was seized.
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Campsites, beach restaurants, construction companies and construction machinery were also damaged by arson or explosive charges.
On July 11, 16 acts were claimed by the clandestine independence movement Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC).
The PNAT had taken up all the facts.
