Corsica’s most active militant separatist group is ending its armed campaign.<br /><br />The National Front for the Liberation of Corsica, the FLNC, was set up in 1976 and is believed to be behind nearly 5,000 attacks on the French Mediterranean island.<br /><br />In a statement, the group said “without prior notification and without ambiguity, our organisation has unilaterally decided to launch a demilitarisation process and a progressive exit from clandestine activities.”<br /><br />Some 40 murders have been linked to the FLNC, whether attacks on police, government officials or buildings.<br /><br />Corsica has long been dogged by bloodshed linked to demands for independence from France, as well as feuding between criminal gangs.
