Overview
- Orsoni, 71, was fatally struck by a single long‑range round around 4:30 p.m. in Vero and died at the scene, according to the Ajaccio prosecutor.
- The inquiry was opened for assassination in an organized gang with related criminal‑organization offenses and is co‑handled by Pnaco and Marseille’s Jirs, with OCLO and the Ajaccio judicial police assigned.
- Investigators recovered the lone projectile at the cemetery, the shooter remains at large, and a psychological support unit was activated at Ajaccio hospital.
- The killing occurred during a religious burial, with accounts indicating a sniper‑style shot from concealment in the surrounding terrain.
- The case touches longstanding nationalist and gang rivalries, including a foiled 2008 plot linked to the Petit Bar network and recent convictions involving Orsoni’s son.