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tense rallies in front of two CRS barracks

After the mourning, a new episode of anger in Corsica. Two rallies quickly interspersed with scuffles were held this Sunday in front of two barracks near Bastia and in Ajaccio: independence organizations accused some CRS of having sung the Marseillaise on the day of the funeral of activist Yvan Colonna.

At least 500 people had moved in front of the Furiani barracks south of Bastia. Shortly after the rally began in the early evening, a few dozen youths shook the gates of the cantonment, lighting a fire, causing tear gas from the CRS. A sign in Corsican “Francesi di merda” (Shit French) was also hung. Then about 50 hooded protesters threw stones, smoke bombs and Molotov cocktails at law enforcement.

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In Ajaccio, some 200 people also gathered in front of the Aspretto barracks. Some protesters lit a fire in front of the gate leading to a retaliation by law enforcement with tear gas grenades and a water cannon. The scattering took place shortly after 8 p.m.

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The call to protest in front of the Furiani barracks was launched by the pro-independence movements Core in Fronte, Corsica Libera and the nationalist student unions, which are the main drivers of the mobilization that took place after the death of Yvan Colonna, then assaulted in prison. that he was serving a life sentence for the assassination of Prefect Claude Erignac.

A video that rekindles anger

Since Saturday, nationalist circles have been outraged on social media in a video allegedly shot in the CRS cantonment of Furiani on the day of the funeral where a Marseillaise is heard without distinguishing those present. For example, Corsican MP Jean-Félix cAquaviva sees “pure hatred” on Twitter and demands “immediate accountability from the government”. For the autonomous party Femu a Corsica of the president of the executive council of Corsica Gilles Simeoni, who did not call to protest, however, this is a “pure colonial hatred.”

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Contacted by AFP, the police information and communication service (Sicop) did not wish to make “communication on this video”. According to a police union source, “this company was on rest and they ate outside because the weather was right. As usual, they sang many songs including La Marseillaise, but unrelated to Yvan Colonna’s funeral. Another union source said: “The songs are real but no connotation of anything”, another local source said that no words against Yvan Colonna were heard.

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