The anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on Thursday, August 3, two days after the publication of a press release from the FLNC, the Corsican national liberation front claiming responsibility for sixteen attacks. The investigation was opened for association of criminals with a view to the preparation of acts of terrorism.
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In a four-page press release, sent to the local newspaper Corsica Morningthe independence group calls for continuing the armed struggle on the Mediterranean island.
The tension has risen a notch after fires at the residences of local elected officials, town halls or even bank branches in recent months, all targeted by the Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC).
Since the beginning of the year, no less than 50 investigations linked to arson or other acts of destruction have been opened. In 2022, there were 22 and only 3 in 2021. In its press release, the independence group justifies this violence by acts of resistance and explains to defend itself against “ disproportionate settlement “.
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They threaten craftsmen, construction companies but also Corsicans “accomplices”, those who according to them sell their land to the highest bidder. The FLNC calls for the fight and also denounces the negotiations in progress between Paris and elected officials of the island which will lead to nothing according to them, if it is only to a further decentralization.
In the investigation opened by the anti-terrorist prosecution, one of the instructions concerns a brand new group, the Corsican underground youth movement (GCC), whose initials are tagged in black letters on the buildings they target. The GCC had announced its creation at the beginning of February and claimed the destruction of houses.
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