The person was killed in an exchange of fire at one of the barricades that have blocked roads on the island, an official said, in the latest violent incident after protests erupted over voting reforms
Police patrol a street blocked by debris and burnt items following unrest in the Magenta district of Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia, on May 18, 2024.French security forces reported another death Saturday in armed clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, the sixth fatality in a nearly a week of violent unrest scorching the archipelago whose Indigenous population has long sought independence.
Le Monde and other French news outlets said the person killed was a man and that his son was among the injured. Noumea’s mayor, Sonia Lagarde, said Saturday that while overnight violence has eased somewhat, with a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m curfew in effect, “we are far from a return to normal.” The state of emergency gives authorities greater powers to tackle violent protesters, including the possibility of house detention for people deemed a threat to public order and expanded powers to conduct searches, seize weapons and restrict movements, with possible jail time for violators. The last time France imposed such measures on one of its overseas territories was in 1985, also in New Caledonia, the Interior Ministry said.
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