Protesters Ransack Muslim Prayer Hall on Corsica
Demonstrators ransacked a Muslim prayer hall and attempted to burn copies of the Koran on the French island of Corsica, police said, following a night of violence that left two firefighters injured, Yahoo News reports.
Tensions had mounted in Ajaccio on Christmas Day after two firefighters and a police officer were wounded overnight in Jardins de L'Empereur, a low-income neighbourhood of the city when they were "ambushed" by "several hooded youths", authorities said.
On Friday afternoon around 150 people had gathered in front of police headquarters in the island's capital in a show of support for the police and firefighters, officials said in a statement.
But some in that crowd broke away to join as many as 600 who headed for the housing estate where the violence took place the night before.
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