Alain Orsoni, 71, was a well-known separatist figure in Corsica who had been living in exile for years in Nicaragua.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alain Orsoni led a separatist movement called the Corsican Movement for ‍Self-Determination A Corsican nationalist leader has been ...

Orsoni, 71, was shot while he was attending his mother's funeral in the cemetery of Vero, in his family village located about thirty kilometers from Ajaccio, according to the city's prosecutor. "He ...

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Alain Orsoni, 71, ex-FLNC leader and former president of AC Ajaccio football club, was killed by a sniper at his mother's funeral in Vero. View on euronews ...