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Bonaparte

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Record labels Warner Music Group
OriginBerlin
Germany
Members Tobias Jundt
Jacob Suske
GenresDance-punk
Electronic Rock
Indie Rock
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Bonaparte is the stage name of Berlin-based Swiss electronic rock songwriter and producer Tobias Jundt. Jundt is the only permanent member in the studio, collaborating with a changing cast of live musicians and performers when touring.

Yvan Colonna: Corsican nationalist dies after jihadist jail attack

Mar 22,2022 2:11 pm

A jailed Corsican nationalist, whose prison Assault sparked protests on the French Mediterranean Island , has died.

Yvan Colonna , 61, who was serving A Life term for murdering Corsica 's top official, was beaten by another inmate, a Cameroonian jihadist, on 2 March.

The Attack left Colonna in a coma and he had been receiving treatment in a hospital in The South of France .

The Assault provoked riots in Corsica , where many see him as a hero in its campaign for independence from France .

Corsica 's prefect Claude Erignac in 1998, following a five-year manhunt that eventually found him in The Mountains living as a shepherd.

According to prosecutors, he was working out in The Prison gym when Franck Elong Abé, 35, a former jihadist serving time for terror offences, allegedly launched his attack.

Abé tried to suffocate Colonna with a bin bag after hearing him " blaspheming" and mocking The Prophet Muhammad, investigators say.

Colonna's Assault - and the perceived failure of prison authorities to prevent it - Stoked anger on The Island , prompting its biggest and Most violent protests in decades.

Thousands of protesters poured onto The Streets , chanting " Liberta" (freedom) and " Statu Francese assassinu" (French state assassin). Some lobbed stones and petrol bombs at police.

In a single night of rioting in Corsica 's second-biggest city, Bastia, some 67 people were injured, 44 of them police officers.

The Island - Most famous for being The Birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte - has been a French territory since the 18Th Century . But its recent past has been marked by separatist violence.

The latest unrest has prompted the French government to suggest it could loosen its grip on The Island .

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has said Paris could offer Corsica " autonomy" while President Emmanuel Macron has conceded that idea is no longer " taboo".



Source of news: bbc.com

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