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France sends special forces to its Caribbean region of Guadeloupe after Covid riots
Dozens of elite police and counter-terrorism officers have been sent to an island nation, in an attempt to quell wild riots against Covid measures.
AFP
November 22, 2021 - 9:13AM
France has sent dozens of elite police and counter-terrorism officers to its Caribbean island of Guadeloupe this weekend, following looting and arson in defiance of an overnight curfew.
The island’s government on Friday introduced the night-time stay-at-home order after protests against the coronavirus vaccine pass spiralled into violence the previous night.
But the measure did little to quell the rioting.
“The night was very turbulent,” a police source said.
The security forces recorded “some 20 incidents of looting or attempted robbery” in the seaside towns of Pointe-a-Pitre and Le Gosier, including at a jewellery shop, a bank, a betting shop and a shopping centre...
France sends special forces to its Caribbean region of Guadeloupe after Covid riots
Dozens of elite police and counter-terrorism officers have been sent to an island nation, in an attempt to quell wild riots against Covid measures.
AFP
November 22, 2021 - 9:13AM
France has sent dozens of elite police and counter-terrorism officers to its Caribbean island of Guadeloupe this weekend, following looting and arson in defiance of an overnight curfew.
The island’s government on Friday introduced the night-time stay-at-home order after protests against the coronavirus vaccine pass spiralled into violence the previous night.
But the measure did little to quell the rioting.
“The night was very turbulent,” a police source said.
The security forces recorded “some 20 incidents of looting or attempted robbery” in the seaside towns of Pointe-a-Pitre and Le Gosier, including at a jewellery shop, a bank, a betting shop and a shopping centre...