Post by sevenofnine on May 15, 2024 12:36:51 GMT -5
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Three people were killed and others wounded as riots and looting continued in New Caledonia on Tuesday night.
The unrest came after French lawmakers voted on a contentious bill, according to the high commissioner of the French Pacific territory.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who canceled a planned trip to Normandy on Wednesday to respond to the unrest, would ask his Cabinet in a meeting later in the day to declare a state of emergency in New Caledonia, the Elysees Palace said.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said later on Wednesday that a French gendarmerie police officer had died of his wounds sustained earlier in the clashes.
"The moblie gendarme seriously wounded by a bullet in New Caledonia has just died," Darmanin wrote online. "Our thoughts are with his family, those clos
www.dw.com/en/new-caledonia-france-seeks-state-of-emergency-amid-riots/a-69082104
Three people were killed and others wounded as riots and looting continued in New Caledonia on Tuesday night.
The unrest came after French lawmakers voted on a contentious bill, according to the high commissioner of the French Pacific territory.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who canceled a planned trip to Normandy on Wednesday to respond to the unrest, would ask his Cabinet in a meeting later in the day to declare a state of emergency in New Caledonia, the Elysees Palace said.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said later on Wednesday that a French gendarmerie police officer had died of his wounds sustained earlier in the clashes.
"The moblie gendarme seriously wounded by a bullet in New Caledonia has just died," Darmanin wrote online. "Our thoughts are with his family, those clos
www.dw.com/en/new-caledonia-france-seeks-state-of-emergency-amid-riots/a-69082104
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