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Hundreds arrested in New Caledonia amid state of emergency

A temporary barricade, set up by residents with the aim of keeping watch over their neighbourhood in a peaceful manner, is seen along a road in Noumea on May 16, 2024. © Théo Rouby, AFP

Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia's two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed five people, the Pacific Island's top French official said on Thursday morning, adding at least four alleged instigators were under house arrest.

A gendarme was killed on Thursday in France's riot-struck Pacific territory of New Caledonia by an "accidental gunshot", Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told AFP.  "It was not a hostile shot" that killed the officer, added a source informed about the incident, which brings to five the number of deaths in unrest since Monday, including two gendarmes.

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