Less violence Wednesday night in New Caledonia after two bloody 24 hours – Scenes of chaos on the streets

Last night, the night of Wednesday 5/15, was “less violent” in New Caledonia, a French Pacific archipelago that was placed under a state of emergency and where the French government announced the deployment of the army due to violent unrest that has claimed the lives of four people, including a gendarme, against the backdrop of a pro-independence uprising against an electoral reform. After two nights of bloody flare-ups, last night “was less violent,” said the French state representative in the archipelago, Louis Lefran, although he regretted that there had been “very significant clashes.” French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed to New Caledonia's elected officials to have an “exchange of views via video conference” today, following a new Defense Council which is due to meet at 11:00 (12:00 Greek time), the presidential palace announced . Earlier yesterday, Wednesday, he had spoken of “the need to resume political dialogue” in this territory that France colonized in the 19 […]
Source: News Beast

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