The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) has taken up investigations into damage committed between Sunday and Monday on two second homes in Corsica belonging to owners from the continent, AFP learned on Monday.
These homes were burned in Pietrosella, a coastal town in southern Corsica, we learned from judicial sources, confirming information from Corse-Matin.
"armed arm of a revolutionary movement"
“ GCC
” (Ghjuventù Clandestina Corsa) tags
were discovered on Sunday afternoon by the gendarmes on the walls of these two houses, in a housing estate composed almost exclusively of second homes.
Heavily damaged by the flames, they were unoccupied at the time.
"
It was the owner of one of the houses who noticed the damage this weekend, when he had not been here for a long time
," said the Ajaccio prosecutor's office.
The damage to the second house was spotted by investigators later.
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During the night from Sunday to Monday, around two o'clock in the morning, a third second home unoccupied at the time of the events was also badly damaged by the explosion of a gas bottle in Moriani Plage (Haute-Corse), a learned AFP, from the Bastia prosecutor's office, confirming information from France 3 Corsica.
“
No registration was noted on the spot.
The investigation is entrusted to the research section and the research brigade of the gendarmerie.
The PNAT has been notified of these facts
, ”Arnaud Viornery, the public prosecutor of Bastia, told AFP.
These degradations come as a new clandestine group called "
Ghjuventu Clandestina Corsa
" (GCC, Corsican Clandestine Youth, Editor's note) announced its creation in early February.
“In the footsteps of the FLNC”
Presenting itself as "
the armed wing of a revolutionary movement
", this group, whose acronym is associated with some twenty arson attacks that have occurred in recent months on the Mediterranean island, claims to be walking "
in the footsteps of the FLNC
" (Front de Corsican National Liberation).
Since the appearance of this acronym, on August 4, 2022, on the facade of a villa in Bastelicaccia (Corse-du-Sud) targeted by arson, this movement has claimed 17 actions against second homes, buildings under construction , construction companies and tourist establishments.
The national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office took up "
the entire GCC file
", the Ajaccio prosecutor had indicated in early February, before the announcement of the creation of this group.
