Jean-François Ricard, the anti-terrorism public prosecutor, holds a press conference on Sunday March 6 at 12:30 p.m. in Paris, about the attack on Yvan Colona in Arles prison (Bouches-du-Rhône). The Corsican independence activist from 61 years old, sentenced to life imprisonment for the assassination of the prefect Claude Erignac in 1998, is in a coma, after being attacked by a fellow prisoner on March 2. Follow our live.
An assault by a fellow prisoner. Incarcerated in Arles for several years, the Corsican independence activist was violently attacked with his bare hands by Franck Elong Abé, a 36-year-old fellow Cameroonian detainee, radicalized and known for numerous violent episodes in detention.
Ofs tensions in Corsica. Demonstrations took place on Thursday and Friday and boats from the Corsica Ferries company were temporarily prevented from docking. Nationalist and student union activists are calling for a big demonstration on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Corte, the island’s former capital, accusing the state of being responsible for the attack.
The family calls for broadening the mobilization. The family of the independence activist called on Saturday for the mobilization in Corsica to be relayed “beyond nationalist circles” in a letter. The family denounces a “aggression, brutal, barbaric, technically mastered”and talks about “assassination attempt”. She announces “legal initiatives” in the “as fast as we can”.