Friday evening, an unoccupied house was destroyed with explosives in Aleria, in Haute-Corse, according to the Bastia prosecutor’s office. The place had already been targeted by two attacks, 20 and 12 years ago. The investigation into this new explosion was entrusted to the Ghisonaccia research brigade.
An unoccupied house in Aleria, in Haute-Corse, which has been the subject of attacks twice in the past, was destroyed “by explosive” on Friday evening, reported the public prosecutor of Bastia, Arnaud Viornery.
“No tag” or “no claim” was found on the walls of the damaged building, added the prosecution, which specifies having entrusted the investigation to the research brigade of Ghisonaccia, a town also located in Haute-Corse , “seizure in the state under the qualification of voluntary destruction by explosive device”.
The explosion was heard by the neighborhood around 8:30 p.m. Friday and at the same time the owner’s intrusion alarm went off, said a judicial source.
A gas cylinder coupled with an explosive
On the spot, the deminers discovered the presence of a gas cylinder coupled with an explosive, according to this source, according to which a single detonation would have taken place. The isolated house has already been the subject of attacks twice, “twelve years ago and twenty years ago”, when it belonged to other owners, also noted this source.
Corsica has known for a year a multiplication of arson attacks mainly targeting second homes of French people residing in France, often with the presence of tags, but without official claim.
Campsites, beach restaurants, construction companies and construction machinery were also damaged by intentional fires. On July 11, 16 of these acts were claimed by the Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC), a clandestine independence group. The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat) had taken up all the facts.
