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A Moroccan was assaulted with knives in a Lucciana discotheque on
13 February;
The President of the organization Expression maghrébine au féminin en
Corse, was assaulted at Ajaccio airport on 20 July;
Shots were fired at a young high school student, wounding him in the eye
on 3 July;
A Moroccan home was bombed, slightly injuring the occupants, on
9 August.
There have been three other anti-Maghrebi attacks in Corsica, one
against the Bonifacio mosque and the others against vehicles belonging to
Moroccans. The graffiti: “A droga fora” was found near one of the vehicles
and responsibility was claimed by the mysterious “National Armed Movement”.
Responsibility for shots fired into a Moroccan butcher’s shop front in
Ghisonaccia was claimed in a phone call to
Corse Matin by self-styled
“Corsican revolutionary units”.
These incidents, to which there is usually not much of a reaction, are
becoming more common.
Comparative data in figures
Racism
List of racist acts since 1980
Victims of racism since 1980
Location of acts of racism since 1991, by region
Location since 1991, by department.