Religious and social tensions have risen on the Mediterranean island since the late December ambush of firefighters in a housing project. The next day, hundreds of Corsicans demonstrated peacefully against the violence and a few dozen protesters, assuming that the assailants were Muslims, tried to burn Qurans in a Muslim prayer room and vandalized a kebab shop.
The island also periodically sees violence related to extortion and score-settling, and Bouillard said no motive has been established.
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