A Corsican nationalist whose death in prison has turned him into a martyr for some was to be buried yesterday amid unease in Paris about fierce public support for the convicted killer.
Yvan Colonna, a former goat herder on the French Mediterranean island, was announced dead on Monday after being attacked and strangled in prison on March 2.
The 61-year-old was serving a life sentence after his conviction of assassinating a senior French official in 1998, but he is seen as a hero by some for his role in the violent struggle for Corsican independence.
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The body of Corsican independence activist Yvan Colonna was buried Friday in the family vault of his native village of Cargèse. The funeral procession was attended by a large crowd and…
The Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna, who was assaulted earlier this month in prison in an attack that sparked rioting on the French Mediterranean island, has died, his family announced on Monday.
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