Media News - Thursday, August 27, 2009

Investigative journalist’s car bombed in Corsica

Journalist Enrico Porsia’s car was bombed in the early hours of today outside the house in Conca, near the southern Corsican town of Porto-Vecchio, where he is staying while on vacation. The explosion caused considerable damage to the car but no injuries. An Italian national who was once a member of the Red Brigades, Porsia has political asylum in France. He works as a journalist based in the Corsican city of Bastia and is in charge of investigative reporting for the Amnistia news website. Porsia told Reporters Without Borders he did not know if the bombing was the working of “local small-time criminals, Corsican nationalists or a more organised group.” But he added that he was convinced that it was linked to the land development and zoning stories he had been covering for more than a year. “I have written several stories, especially about Corsica’s sustainable development plan, in which I question the actions of the head of the Corsican government, Ange Santini, and the head of the Corsican parliament, Camille de Rocca Serra,” he said. “It seems some people have taking advantage of the plan to get land rezoned for building that should not have been.” (Reporters Without Borders)

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