Yvan Colonna, a member of the Erignac commando, died Monday in Marseille hospital after his attack in Arles prison.
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The funeral of Yvan Colonna will take place Friday, March 25 in the afternoon in his family village of Cargèse north of Ajaccio (Corse-du-Sud), learned France Bleu RCFM, Wednesday, from the entourage of the Corsican independence activist.
Yvan Colonna died Monday evening March 21. Sentenced for the assassination of the prefect Claude Erignac in February 1998, he had been hospitalized for 19 days in Marseilles after his assault in Arles prison by a fellow prisoner. His attacker is the subject of an investigation for “attempted assassination in connection with a terrorist enterprise” led by the national anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office.
Since this attack, numerous violent demonstrations had taken place in Corsica at the call of elected nationalists and Corsican youth movements, particularly in Bastia and Ajaccio, in support of Yvan Colonna, but more generally to demand greater recognition. and greater autonomy for the island.