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Corsican Leader Alain Orsoni Assassinated at Funeral

1/13/2026

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Alain Orsoni, Corsican separatist leader and former head of the Corsican Movement for Self-Determination linked to the Corsican National Liberation Front, was assassinated at his mother's funeral in Vero, France, on January 12, 2026, pardoned in 1980 for a machine gun attack on the Iranian embassy in Paris.
He was shot from a distance.
Police confirmed the murder.
Prosecutor Nicolas Septe launched an investigation into organized crime involvement.

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Alain Orsoni, Corsican separatist leader and former head of the Corsican Movement for Self-Determination linked to the Corsican National Liberation Front, was assassinated at his mother's funeral in Vero, France, on January 12, 2026, pardoned in 1980 for a machine gun attack on the Iranian embassy in Paris.
He was shot from a distance.
Police confirmed the murder.
Prosecutor Nicolas Septe launched an investigation into organized crime involvement.