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Man shot lifeless by police in riot-hit New Caledonia – media By Reuters

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PARIS (Reuters) – Police shot lifeless a person in riot-hit New Caledonia on Friday night, a day after President Emmanuel Macron visited to the French-ruled Pacific island to attempt to calm tensions, native media stated, citing the native prosecutor’s workplace.

The police officer used his gun as he and a colleague have been attacked by a gaggle of round 15 individuals earlier than the shot was fired, NC La 1ere broadcaster quoted the prosecutor as saying.

The prosecutor’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The demise of the 48-year-old man, which different native media additionally reported, dropped at seven the quantity killed in 12 days of upheaval triggered by a contested electoral reform and fuelled by sharp financial disparities between the indigenous Kanak inhabitants and other people of European background.

Macron, on a one-day go to on Thursday, hit the pause button on the reform, which might permit 1000’s extra French residents who’ve lived in New Caledonia for 10 years to vote, diluting the vote of Kanaks, who comprise 41% of the inhabitants.

He stopped in need of following calls for by these looking for independence that it’s withdrawn altogether however stated he needed to make use of the next weeks to attempt to attain an general political deal on the island’s future.

The French authorities has despatched in 1000’s of additional police forces over the previous days to assist restore calm. Earlier within the day authorities had stated the scenario was “relatively calm.”

Police eliminated round 100 roadblocks throughout New Caledonia on Friday.

The island territory is marked by deep financial disparities, in response to census knowledge. The poverty price amongst indigenous Kanaks, the most important neighborhood, is 32.5%, in comparison with 9% amongst non-Kanaks, in response to the 2019 census.

France colonised New Caledonia in 1853 and made the colony an abroad territory in 1946, granting rights to Kanaks.

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