NOUMEA: France ordered troops to guard ports and the international airport in its Pacific territory of New Caledonia as a state of emergency started T...
: France ordered troops to guard ports and the international airport in its Pacific territory of New Caledonia as a state of emergency started Thursday after two nights of riots left four dead and hundreds wounded.
New Caledonia, which lies between Australia and Fiji, is one of several territories around the globe that remain part of France in the post-colonial era. Colonised by France from the second half of the nineteen century, it has special status unlike the country’s other overseas territories. Under the state of emergency, authorities will be able to enforce travel bans, house arrests and searches, spokeswoman Thevenot added.
Le Franc said extra troops and security forces would be flown to New Caledonia and that 64 police and security forces had been injured in the troubles so far. Streets in the capital were pocked with the shells of burned-out cars and buildings, including a sports store and a large concrete climbing wall.
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