(Radio France) France’s National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday opened an inquiry into the violent attack in a southern jail which left Corsican militant Yvan Colonna in a coma.
Meanwhile, tension has mounted after his supporters blocked a ferry in the port of Ajaccio on Friday in a bid to prevent police reinforcements arriving on the island.
The national agency in charge of anti-terrorism cases (Pnat) said they would investigate the actions of the attacker, Franck Elong Abé, a 36-year-old Cameroonian national currently serving a 9-year term for “association with groups planning a terrorist act.”
According to sources close to the case, the suspect told investigators his act was in response to “blasphemy” attributed to the victim, who “spoke ill of the prophet.”
