Police officers worked inside the cemetery in Vero, Corsica, where former Corsican nationalist Alain Orsoni was shot dead on January 12, 2026. PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA/AFP A crumpled copy of the ...

Alain Orsoni, 71, ex-FLNC leader and former president of AC Ajaccio football club, was killed by a sniper at his mother's funeral in Vero. Alain Orsoni, a former Corsican separatist leader and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alain Orsoni, a former Corsican nationalist leader turned businessman and former head of the AC Ajaccio football club (as seen ...

PARIS, Jan 12 - Former Corsican separatist leader Alain Orsoni was shot dead during his mother's funeral on Monday in Vero, a village 30 km (18.6 miles) east of Ajaccio, the capital of the ...

PRESS REVIEW - Tuesday, January 13: A Corsican separatist leader is gunned down while attending his mother's funeral. A famous Italian anti-mafia writer pens an opinion piece, questioning the Corsican ...

The latest murder is irrefutable evidence of the criminal grip on Corsica and a spectacular challenge to the authorities tasked with maintaining order. While the entire judicial hierarchy and the ...

Former Corsican nationalist leader Alain Orsoni, who also served as the president of soccer club AC Ajaccio, was shot dead in Corsica on January 11 during his mother’s funeral. He was 71. Alain Orsoni ...

Former ‍Corsican separatist leader Alain Orsoni was shot dead during ⁠his mother's funeral on Monday in Vero, a village 30 kilometres east of Ajaccio, the capital of the Mediterranean ‍French island, ...

Former Corsican Separatist Leader Orsoni Shot Dead at Mother's Funeral PARIS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Former ‌Corsican separatist leader Alain ‌Orsoni was shot dead during his mother's funeral on Monday in ...