Outside the Haute-Corse prefecture of Bastia, several CRS squads lined up against 200 pro-independence protesters. A few minutes later, police tear gas responds to Molotov cocktails by about thirty hooded men carrying sacks filled with incendiary devices. The scene has a flavor of déjà vu, in keeping with the violent rallies following the death of Ivan Colonna, who was killed by a radicalized inmate in Arles prison on March 21.
The activists of the youth structure of the “Corsica Libera” independence movement, “Giuventu Libera”, are taking the initiative of this call to go to the street. The words are the same as six months ago. “Justice and truth for Ivan Colonna, freedom for all patriots and recognition for the Corsican people”. Corsica Libera, which has only one elected member of the Corsican Assembly, is thus voluntarily abandoning the cycle of discussions on autonomy that began on July 21…
Source: Le Figaro
