Marcel Francisci

Marcel Francisci (30 November 1919 – 16 January 1982) was a French politician and an alleged member of the Unione Corse Francisci served in the general council (conseil général) of the Corse-du-Sud (UDR) and was a member of the Civic Action Service (SAC), a Gaullist militia. He was assassinated in Paris in 1982.

Biography Marcel Francisci was born in Ciamannacce in 1919. As a young man, he fought with the Free French Forces in Italy during World War II and was awarded four medals for acts of heroism, including the Croix de Guerre. Weeks later, Francisci was nearly killed by snipers while leaving an election rally in favour of John Bozzi, a Gaullist candidate, in Ajaccio, Corsica, but he managed to escape. According to the French weekly newspaper L'Express, on 14 December 1967, two gangsters loyal to the Guérini clan tried to blow up Francisci's house with 220 pounds of TNT. The two men were blown to bits planting the bomb. On 21 June 1968, in Ajaccio, Corsica, Francisci was ambushed by five gunmen while dining at a restaurant. Although Francisci was miraculously unscathed, bystanders weren't as fortunate. One was killed, and five others were wounded. Four months later, the men who tried to kill Francisci were murdered in a Parisian bar by gunmen dressed as policemen. Francisci's family has denied his alleged involvement in organized crime.