One more person was killed Saturday and two injured in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia as security personnel tried
One more person was killed Saturday and two injured in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia as security personnel tried to restore order after a fifth night of riots and looting that has now claimed six lives.
Hundreds of heavily armed French marines and police on Saturday patrolled the capital Noumea, where streets were filled with debriss. “At night we hear shooting, and things going off,” she told AFP. “Helicopters, and army planes landing — which is sweet music to our ears.”Two gendarmes have been killed: one shot in the head and a second shot in friendly fire, officials said.
She said the week’s violence was worse than that seen during the tumultuous 1980s, a time of political killings and hostage-taking euphemistically referred to as “The Events”.‘Out of our hands’Centuries on, politics remains dominated by debate about whether the islands should be part of France, autonomous or independent — with opinions split roughly along ethnic lines.
“Reinforcements will control areas that have got out of our hands in recent days,” said high commissioner Louis Le Franc, the highest-ranking state official in New Caledonia. Helene said the economic situation had become more fraught in recent years and the week’s unrest would only make things worse. The North East Governors Forum has stated that the Federal Government is not considering the region in the national infrastructure plan despite its consistent appeals to develop the region for economic viability. The governors expressed concern over "the seeming neglect of the Northeast in the allocation of Federal Government Capital Projects." The governors made…
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