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Alain Orsoni Killed by Long-Range Shot at Mother’s Funeral in Corsica

Prosecutors are treating the slaying as an organized‑group killing led by specialized units in Ajaccio and Corse‑du‑Sud.

Overview

  • The 71-year-old was a prominent Corsican nationalist figure, a former FLNC leader and founder of the MPA, and a past president of AC Ajaccio.
  • The prosecutor’s office said he was struck by a single long‑range round at about 16:30 in Vero and died at the scene.
  • The Ajaccio investigative department and Corse‑du‑Sud criminal identification unit have taken charge of the probe as a murder by an organized group.
  • Local media report the shooter fled after the attack and police are searching, with no arrests announced.
  • Orsoni had survived a 2008 assassination attempt, lost his brother Guy to a 1983 killing, and spent years abroad in Florida, Nicaragua’s gambling sector, and Spain.