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Corsican ex-leader Orsoni shot dead at mother's funeral

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Source: Euronews.com
Corsican ex-leader Orsoni shot dead at mother's funeral
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Alain Orsoni, a 71-year-old former Corsican separatist leader and ex-president of AC Ajaccio, was killed by a sniper during his mother's funeral in Vero; investigators say the long-range shooting is a murder by organised crime, reflecting enduring Corsican nationalist tensions and rival gang links.

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