Yvan Colonna

Yvan Colonna (; 7 April 1960 – 21 March 2022) was a French Corsican nationalist convicted of assassination. Colonna was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. He was charged with assassinating a group leader and being a member of a terrorist organisation. On 13 December 2007, Colonna was pronounced guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.

On 2 March 2022, he was attacked and stabbed in prison by a Cameroonian Islamist prisoner, who said Colonna "disrespected prophet Muhammad". He died on 21 March 2022 at the age of 61, three weeks after being stabbed.

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