2024 New Caledonia unrest: Difference between revisions

Between 13 and 16 May, five people were killed, including two gendarmes. Another 64 police officers were injured.<ref>{{Cite news |title=En direct, émeutes en Nouvelle-Calédonie : Gérald Darmanin annonce l'arrivée de renforts |trans-title=Live, riots in New Caledonia: Gérald Darmanin announces the arrival of reinforcements |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2024/05/16/en-direct-emeutes-en-nouvelle-caledonie-gerald-darmanin-annonce-l-arrivee-de-renforts_6233400_823448.html |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>. Five independence activists accused of violence were placed under house arrest.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Mazzoni |first=Julien |date=2024-05-17 |title=New Caledonia riots: parts of territory ‘out of state control’, French representative says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/17/new-caledonia-riots-protests-noumea-out-of-state-control |access-date=2024-05-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>