French authorities probe Corsican nationalist group’s terrorism claims

The FLNC says it carried out multiple attacks on the Mediterranean island, which has seen an uptick in nationalist-linked violence this year.

France’s national anti-terrorist prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation following the publication on Tuesday of a communiqué from the Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC) which claimed responsibility for 16 attacks.

The investigation was opened for “criminal conspiracy to prepare acts of terrorism”, according to a judicial source.

In a four-page press release sent to Coriscan daily newspaper Corse-Matin and consulted by AFP, the clandestine group claims to have carried out 13 attacks against residences, one against a vehicle belonging to a “CRS officer”, and two against bank branches: Société Générale in Corte in May 2023, and Crédit Agricole in Folleli in December 2021.

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