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Mar 13, 2022, 6 tweets

Mass rioting broke out this week in the Mediterranean island of #Corsica. They’re demanding independence from France. In this video, rioters used construction equipment as a battering ram to smash open an ATM.

#Corsica earlier today: Separatist masked rioters in black brought Molotov cocktails & riot gear to the anti-France protest in city of Bastia. They want independence.

#Corsica: Rioters hurl firebombs & rocks on Sunday. The French Mediterranean island has seen days of political violence after convicted assassin & imprisoned separatist leader Yvan Colonna was severely beaten by another inmate. He’s in a coma.

#Corsica: Masked rioters started fires & hurled projectiles in city of Bastia earlier today at another violent demonstration against France after a convicted assassin & adored separatist leader (Yvan Colonna) was severely injured in prison by an inmate.

The French public finance building was broken into and set on fire by rioters today at the anti-France demonstration in Bastia, Corsica.

Some rioting continues into the night on Sunday in Bastia, #Corsica. Violent anti-France demonstrations broke out after a imprisoned separatist leader from the island was severely beaten & nearly killed by a Muslim terror inmate in a French prison.

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