A new demonstration in memory of Yvan Colonna, who died two weeks ago, took place on Sunday in Ajaccio. The firefighters identified 15 injured, three of them seriously, among the demonstrators after clashes with the police.
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In Corsica, tension remains high two weeks after the death of Yvan Colonna. A demonstration took place in Ajaccio (Corse-du-Sud), Sunday April 3, in tribute toan independence activist who had been plunged into a coma after his attack by a fellow prisoner, beginning of March. The mobilization caused clashes between demonstrators and the police and the firefighters communicated at the end of the afternoon a report of 15 injured, three of whom were seriously injured.
In the middle of the afternoon, scuffles broke out in front of the cathedral, on the Cours Napoléon, near the prefecture and Avenue du Premier consul, near the town hall. At the end of the afternoon, a gas pipeline was on fire in a small street in the city center, as mentioned by France 3 Corse.
At the same time, about sixty people gathered calmly in front of the CRS cantonment in Furiani, near Bastia, according to the police. More than 500 people had already demonstrated in front of this barracks a week earlier, Sunday March 27.