Four people have been indicted after the death of three civilians – six people in total have been killed since the start of the violence – during the riots in New Caledonia, announced Tuesday, May 21, the public prosecutor of Nouméa, Yves Dupas , in a press release. Three people were indicted for murder after the death of a young man in his twenties on May 15 in a blockade in the Tindu district, in the commune of Nouméa. Another person, a company manager, was indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial detention after the death of a 36-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman on May 15 in the Ducos district of Nouméa. . Follow our live stream.
Emmanuel Macron will leave there “tonight” to set up “a mission” of dialogue. The President of the Republic leaves “in a spirit of responsibility”added government spokesperson, Prisca Thevenot, without detailing the “assignment” mentioned nor specify how long the head of state would stay on the archipelago. She reiterated that “the return to order was the prerequisite for any dialogue”, while an electoral reform contested by the separatists must be validated by Congress “before the end of June”.
Twenty-two arrests in 24 hours. The police made 22 arrests in the last 24 hours during an operation to regain control of the municipalities of Dumbéa, Mont-Dore and Païta, located northwest of Nouméa, franceinfo learned from the national gendarmerie. Around thirty dams have been taken over, specifies this same source.
The international airport closed until Saturday. Initially scheduled until Thursday,he closure of Nouméa-La Tontouta airport to commercial flights has been extended until 9 a.m. Saturday (midnight in Paris, during the night from Friday to Saturday). Despite this new postponement, the State has put online a form to organize the care of French tourists stranded in the archipelago.
The situation is improving, according to the state. “The return to calm continues throughout the territory”declared the New Caledonian High Commission in its morning update cited by New Caledonia The 1st. In the field, “1,050 gendarmerie, police and civil security reinforcements are already at work and will be supplemented by 600 additional personnel in the coming hours”. Clearing operations on blocked roads “continue”, provide state services. A nighttime curfew is still in effect.