A second home belonging to a person living on the mainland was "
destroyed by explosives
" on Wednesday evening in Ghisonaccia (Haute-Corse), the prosecutor of Bastia told AFP on Thursday, specifying that the national anti-terrorist prosecution (Pnat) s was seized of the investigation.
“
Nationalist inscriptions
”, “
IFF
” (for “
I Francesi Fora
”, “
The French outside
” in Corsica), “
FLNC
” (National Liberation Front of Corsica) and “
Speculatori fora
” (“
Speculation outside
”) , were found on this unoccupied villa at the time of the events and which was being renovated, said Arnaud Viornery, public prosecutor of Bastia, confirming information from France 3 Corse.
Multiple degradations
"
It was the workers who worked on this house who discovered the damage when they arrived at the site
," said the magistrate.
"
The villa was degraded quite heavily by an explosive charge
," he added.
An investigation for degradation by explosive had been opened by the prosecution and entrusted to the research section of the gendarmerie of Corsica before the Pnat seized it Thursday morning.
This is the 11th second home affected by damage since the beginning of the year.
In total, several dozen have been affected over the past year by arson or explosive charges, with or without the presence of tags.
Read also“Clandestine Corsican youth”, a new armed group, claims 17 attacks
At the beginning of February, a new clandestine group called “
Ghjuventu Clandestina Corsa
” (GCC, “
Clandestine Corsican Youth
”) announced its creation and claimed 17 actions against second homes, buildings under construction, construction companies and tourist establishments.
This group, whose acronym is associated with around twenty arson attacks that have occurred in recent months on the Mediterranean island, claims to be walking “
in the footsteps of the FLNC
” (Corsican National Liberation Front).
On July 11, 2022, the FLNC claimed 16 acts against campsites, beach restaurants, second homes, construction companies and construction machinery.
The national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office had taken up all of these facts as well as "
the entire GCC file
", before the announcement of the creation of this group.
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