The department hit the head-lines at the end of the twentieth century with the assassination at Ajaccio of the prefect Claude Érignac on 6 February 1998.
On the 6th of February 1998 at 9:05 pm, the prefect of Corsica, Claude Érignac, was assassinated as he exited a theatre onto rue Colonna-d'Ornano in Ajaccio.
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Yvan Colonna is a Corsican nationalist convicted of assassinating the prefect of Corsica, Claude Érignac on 6 February 1998.
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