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New Caledonia: a night of riots in Nouméa
New Caledonia: a night of riots in Nouméa
(franceinfo)
Urban violence affects New Caledonia, while constitutional reform is examined in the National Assembly. The first night of curfew in Nouméa, from Monday May 13 to Tuesday May 14, was marked by riots.
A gymnasium ravaged by flames, a few explosions in the distance and a group of rioters manning a roadblock. This is what the first night of the current curfew looks like in Nouméa (New Caledonia). In the middle of the deserted streets, there are a few holdouts. For more than 24 hours, chaos has reigned in New Caledonia. All night from Monday May 13 to Tuesday May 14, the separatists confronted the police. More than 70 police officers and gendarmes were injured and 82 rioters were arrested.
Thousands of kilometers away, in the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, condemned the violence. “They are unjustifiable and are no longer tolerable. It is through dialogue, and through dialogue only, that we will find a global political solution for New Caledonia”, he declared in front of the deputies. The constitutional reform is currently being examined in the National Assembly, and plans to expand the electorate of the archipelago.
