Last week, the French government in New Caledonia enforced a prolonged curfew.
Two men have died as a result of deadly unrest between Indigenous Kanak people and French authorities during a police operation in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia.
The incident happened on Thursday in Saint Louis, which is south of Noumea, the capital, during a police operation to detain individuals who are suspected of taking part in two weeks of violence in May that included attacks on security personnel and armed robberies.
Citing public prosecutor Yves Dupas, the French news agency AFP reported that two men had been shot and killed by police.
The officers were allegedly “directly threatened by a group of armed individuals,” and one of their shots “hit a man, aged 30, positioned as a lone gunman in the right side of the abdomen.” The other officer fired two shots.
