[1][2] There were rallies in the main cities of Ajaccio, Calvi and Bastia that descended into violent clashes between police and protestors.

On 2 March 2022, an inmate started beating Colonna in his prison cell, seriously injuring the latter and sending him into a coma.

[12] The National Liberation Front of Corsica announced on 16 March that they supported the demonstrators and that a last straw would result in an insurrection that could renew their militant campaign against the French government.

[13] Tensions continued and French authorities put Corsica on "maximum riot alert".

[19] President of the Executive Council of Corsica Gilles Simeoni said that the attack on Colonna was an assassination attempt, and called for the Castex government to respond.

[22][23] On 21 March, there were demonstrations of solidarity by exponents of Sardinian independence at the French consulate of Sassari.