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Are France’s yellow vest hard-liners turning to terrorism?

By Tom Rogan

Published April 1, 2019 6:55pm ET

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Are France’s yellow vest hard-liners turning to terrorism? — Yellow vest protesters walk down the famed Champs Elysees avenue to keep pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron's government, for the 13th straight weekend of demonstrations, in Paris, France. | (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

On Monday, French officials found two explosive devices outside a tax office on the island territory of Corsica.

French counterterrorism prosecutors have taken lead of the investigation. But as Le Monde reports, this isn’t the first attack of its kind. Another tax office in a different area of France was targeted in this manner back in February. So what’s going on here?

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