Tension rose a notch this Wednesday, October 9, 2024. Several incidents were reported in several municipalities in Martinique. Dozens of videos are shared on social networks.
The tensions of the “Martinique Dead Island” day continued during the evening. The municipality of Carbet, starting point of the clashes between demonstrators and the police also saw the territorial gendarmerie brigade be completely destroyed.
The building was installed at the beginning of August 2024.
A police vehicle was stoned. The impacts left imprints testifying to the violence of the projectiles.
On the ring road at Fort-de-Francea flaming barrier was installed on the roadway towards Lamentin. A situation which generated significant traffic jams.
Motorists who ventured onto this section were victims of projectiles of all kinds.
A little further on, the turret radar located not far from the exit to the city center was set on fire. Other control equipment was also engulfed in flames during the night.
Dozens of unregistered vehicles were set on fire in the parking lot of the port of Fort-de-France.
In Lamentin, access to the Pelletier district was blocked. Containers have been installed to obstruct all traffic.
The roundabout of Rivière-Saléeon the RN5, a point of high tension at the end of the day, was the scene of clashes between demonstrators and the police. Clashes which moved to the streets of the town center of the town. The police tried to protect the brigade which was the main target of demonstrators.
HAS Schoelcherlocal residents not far from the Fond Lahaye district told us about “loud bangs“.
Numerous roadblocks were set up with burned out vehicles, plants and other rubbish.
The roundabout of Trois-islets is also the subject of a filter barrier. The site has been visited by many people.
Supermarkets in Marin and François were set on fire and scenes of looting in these businesses were also reported.
Firefighters and law enforcement had the greatest difficulty moving around the roadblocks on the main roads.