Ex-Corsican nationalist leader shot dead at mother’s funeral
PARIS (AP) — Former Corsican nationalist leader Alain Orsoni, who also served as the president of soccer club AC Ajaccio, was shot dead in Corsica on Monday during his mother’s funeral, French media reported, quoting judicial sources. He was 71. Le Monde newspaper said Ajaccio public prosecutor Nicolas Septe opened an investigation into murder by an organized gang. Alain Orsoni was one of the leaders of the Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC) in the 1980s. He later founded and led the Movement for Self-Determination (MPA). He left Corsica in 1996 during infighting within ...
