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Family of slain Corsican nationalist Colonna files lawsuit against French state

Demonstrators protest the death of Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna in Ajaccio on 3 April, 2022. © AFP/Pascal Pochard-Casabianca

The family of the late Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna, who died in a prison attack in March that sparked rioting on the French Mediterranean island, has filed a lawsuit against the French state.

Colonna's parents, wife, brother, sister and two children Colonna Wednesday told a court in Marseille they held prison authorities legally responsible for his death.

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