(16 May 2024)
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Noumea, New Caledonia – 14 May 2024
STILL A burned car dealership is pictured in Noumea, New Caledonia
Noumea, New Caledonia – 14 May 2024
STILL Burned car dealership
Noumea, New Caledonia – 16 May 2024
STILL French gendarmes patrol the streets
Noumea, New Caledonia – 16 May 2024
STILL French gendarmes patrol the streets
Noumea, New Caledonia – 16 May 2024
STILL A blockade is pictured in Noumea
Noumea, New Caledonia – 16 May 2024
STILL Municipal police vans patrol the streets in Noumea
Noumea, New Caledonia – 16 May 2024
STILL Municipal police vans patrol the streets in Noumea
Noumea, New Caledonia – 16 May 2024
STILL A French military plane arrives at Noumea-Magenta airport
STORYLINE:
Violence has raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day, hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory.
Authorities boosted security forces’ powers to quell deadly unrest in the archipelago, where some residents have long sought independence from France. French authorities in New Caledonia and the interior ministry in Paris reported four people, including a police officer, have been killed in the violence.
The unrest came after protests earlier this week over voting reforms pushed by President Emmanuel Macron’s government turned deadly.
At least 60 members of the security forces were injured and 214 people were arrested in Thursday’s clashes with police, with charges including arson and looting, according to the territory’s top French official.
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