A small bomb exploded in front of a police station in Corsica Thursday, just eight days before France's Interior Minister visits the troubled island. Nobody was hurt in the explosion, police said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.
"I t'ink it might be da Tataglias, boss!"
"We'll have to go to the mattresses!"
"Boss! Cops can't go to the mattresses!" |
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to arrive in Corsica on an official visit next week. The bombing may have been the work of Corsican independence fighters who regularly stage such explosions. There are rarely victims in the group's bombings, but in 1998 the French prefect to Corsica was assassinated. Eight men were sentenced to jail in 2003 after the assassination. Sentencing came after French police arrested Ivan Colonna, identified as the prime suspect. |