Corsican police in nationalist gun battle
Wednesday 17 April 1996 23:02 BST
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Corsican police in nationalist gun battle
Ajaccio - Police traded fire with members of a militant nationalist group in a shootout that killed an officer and a militant. The clash began at around 7.30pm on Tuesday in Ajaccio in the south of the island; the gunmen were suspected members of Cuncolta Naziunalista, Corsica's leading nationalist group. AP
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