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New Caledonia police kill two in operation linked to deadly unrest, prosecutor says

French gendarmes block a road in Mont-Dore, in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on September 19, 2024.
French gendarmes in Mont-Dore, in suburbs of Nouméa, in New Caledonia on Thursday. Two men have been killed in a police operation to detain activists suspected of involvement in attacks on security forces. Photograph: Delphine Mayeur/AFP/Getty Images

Two men have been killed in New Caledonia during a police operation to detain activists suspected of involvement in May’s deadly unrest which was sparked by attempts from Paris to change voting rights in the French Pacific territory, officials said.

The deaths during the overnight operation south of the capital Nouméa took the death toll in the months of unrest in the French Pacific territory to 13.

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