Nine people were arrested on Tuesday in Corsica and placed in police custody in the investigation into the damage suffered by the gendarmerie of Porto-Vecchio on March 11, following a demonstration of support for Yvan Colonna, announced the prosecutor of Ajaccio.
“Four minor individuals and five adult individuals” were arrested, specifies in a press release Nicolas Septe, adding that they were heard for “the offenses of degradation committed in meetings and degradation by dangerous means for property or people”.
Violent demonstrations
On March 11, following a demonstration by high school students in support of the independence activist Yvan Colonna, sentenced to life imprisonment for the assassination of the prefect Erignac and who died after being attacked at the central house of Arles (Bouches-du -Rhône) on March 2, a group of demonstrators approached the gendarmerie barracks in Porto-Vecchio.
"For nearly two hours, a group of individuals engaged in intense actions intended to degrade the premises of the gendarmerie", specifies the prosecutor.
Yvan Colonna's attack sparked demonstrations in Corsica, most of which were punctuated by violence and other public buildings were degraded, such as the court in Ajaccio and the public finance court in Bastia.
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