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Corsican Nationalist Figure Alain Orsoni Shot Dead at Mother’s Funeral in Vero

The Ajaccio prosecutor opened an organized-crime murder inquiry co-led by police with gendarmerie involvement.

Overview

  • Authorities say a single long‑gun round struck Orsoni around 4:30 p.m. local time and he died at the scene.
  • Early reports indicate the shot was fired from the maquis near the cemetery, and the gunman remains unidentified.
  • Prosecutor Nicolas Septe visited the site and assigned the case jointly to national police and the gendarmerie.
  • Orsoni was a former FLNC leader who founded the MPA before years abroad in business and later ran AC Ajaccio.
  • He previously survived a 2008 assassination attempt, and reports differ on his age at death, citing 71 or 72.