Corsica had another “blue night” on Sunday, with around 20 explosions, mostly targeting holiday homes, 10 days after Emmanuel Macron visited the island to offer it 'autonomy within the Republic.'
No serious injuries were reported by the authorities, who have notified the national, anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office, which was expected to “formalise its referral later today.”
In Southern Corsica, “around ten attacks” were recorded by the Ajaccio public prosecutor’s office, affecting secondary homes and a disused former tax centre in Ajaccio.
"Some of these attacks were claimed by the FLNC (Corsican National Liberation Front),” Ajaccio public prosecutor Nicolas Septe said in a statement.
In Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) a dozen incidents were recorded, affecting houses under construction, a secondary home and a partially occupied housing estate. No claims have been found in Haute-Corse.
The new "blue night” referred to by a source close to the case comes around ten days after the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron, who offered Corsica “autonomy within the Republic," while warning that that “historic moment” would not be achieved “without” or “against” the French state.
For almost two years now, Corsica has been experiencing an upsurge in arson attacks and explosions, mainly targeting holiday homes and often accompanied by nationalist slogans. Many of these explosions have been claimed by the FLNC, others by the Ghjuventù Clandestina Corsa, GCC), an underground Corsican youth movement.
In a press release at the beginning of August, the FLNC called for the creation of a “patriotic resistance platform” in the face of “disproportionate settlement colonisation” and a “process of destruction of the Corsican people.”
