Jailed Corsican nationalist dies after attack in French prison -French daily


FILE PHOTO: Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna is seen in this document released by the French Interior Ministry May 25, 1999. French Interior Ministry/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Yvan Colonna, a jailed Corsican nationalist who was attacked at a prison in Southern France, died on Monday, according to French daily Le Parisien.

The strangling of Colonna by a fellow inmate three ago, which left him in a coma, prompted violent protests in Corsica in recent weeks, including clashes with police, and calls for nationalist prisoners to be transferred from the French mainland to the island, closer to their families.

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