France on Thursday announced it would send additional security forces to New Caledonia after imposing a state of emergency, following three nights of
France on Thursday announced it would send additional security forces to New Caledonia after imposing a state of emergency, following...
Palm-lined boulevards in the capital Noumea, that are usually thronged with tourists, were littered with debris and patrolled by armoured vehicles, while some locals piled up household objects to make roadblocks.A gendarme was killed on Thursday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told AFP, bringing to two the number of police officers who have died.
More than 200 of an estimated 5,000 “rioters” in greater Noumea have been arrested, the high commission said. Nicole George, an Australian professor visiting Noumea, told AFP she had seen residents armed with improvised weapons manning barricades.Sonia Backes, the leader of New Caledonia’s southern province which includes Noumea, wrote to Attal asking for a 150-million-euro “one-off reconstruction fund” to repair the damage, while the CCI estimated the impact at 200 million euros.
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