Pro-independence protesters burned police vehicles and blocked roads in New Caledonia on Monday (Jun 24), authorities in the French Pacific territory said, as anger erupted over the extradition to France of jailed protest leader Christian Tein.
People demonstrate as French President Emmanuel Macron's motorcade drives past in Noumea, France 's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on May 23, 2024. Pro-independence protesters burned police vehicles and blocked roads in New Caledonia on Monday , authorities in the French Pacific territory said, as anger erupted over the extradition to France of jailed protest leader Christian Tein.
The Dumbea municipal council said a firefighting vehicle was attacked, possibly by gunshots, and some schools were forced to close due to the protests,after France voted to approve reforms to allow thousands more French residents who have lived in the territory for 10 years to vote. "All they have done has been to organise more peaceful demonstrations," he said. He denied the prosecutor's allegations that Tein and the others were sponsors of violence.
CCAT have set up barricades that have disrupted traffic for weeks, and Tein had met French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Noumea last month aimed at resolving the political impasse.
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