Overview
- The shooting occurred in Vero in southern Corsica, where a gunman emerged from nearby trees, fired a single shot and fled.
- Prosecutors confirmed Orsoni’s death and authorities opened a criminal inquiry with searches underway for the assailant.
- Orsoni was a prominent figure in the island’s independence movement and a former AC Ajaccio president who resigned in September after the club’s financial irregularities led to relegation.
- He previously survived a 2008 assassination attempt and maintained extensive personal security, including bodyguards and an armored vehicle.
- Local reporting and analysis link the attack to long-running internal feuds among Corsican nationalist factions, a line of inquiry investigators are considering.