Nicolas Giudici

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June 17

Nicolas Giudici, Nice-Matin and Corse-Matin
KILLED (motive unconfirmed)

Giudici's body was found in some bushes on the edge of a dirt track near the village of Piedriggio in northern Corsica on the morning of June 17. Giudici, 52, had been shot three times, in the left arm, chest and right hip, according to local reports. His torched car was found 50 kilometers (30 miles) away at the bottom of a ravine near the town of Cervione.

New York, June 21, 2001 --- The body of 52-year old journalist Nicolas Giudici was found in a river in northern Corsica on June 17, according to local and international press reports. Giudici had been shot twice, once in the head. His torched car was found 50 kilometers away in the town of Cervione.

Guidici had frequently covered separatist movements on the French island of Corsica as a reporter for the regional newspaper Nice-Matin. He was also the author of Crepuscule des Corses ("Twilight of the Corsicans"), a critical assessment of Corsican society that was published in 1997.