{"id":2247642,"date":"2024-05-18T16:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T20:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sixth-death-reported-in-armed-clashes-as-france-battles-to-secure-pacific-territory\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T16:45:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T20:45:50","slug":"sixth-death-reported-in-armed-clashes-as-france-battles-to-secure-pacific-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sixth-death-reported-in-armed-clashes-as-france-battles-to-secure-pacific-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"France faces continued armed clashes as sixth death is reported in efforts to secure Pacific territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsixth-death-reported-in-armed-clashes-as-france-battles-to-secure-pacific-territory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2247642&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>French security forces\u200b in New Caledonia reported the \u2062sixth fatality in a week\u2063 of violent unrest as clashes continue in the archipelago. The escalating conflict, fueled\u2064 by indigenous calls \u200cfor independence, resulted in deaths, injuries, and widespread\u200c destruction.\u200c The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-tlaib-still-has-a-palestinian-flag-hanging-outside-her-house-office\/\" title=\"Tlaib keeps Palestinian flag outside her House office amid Israel war.\">situation remains volatile<\/a>, \u200bwith authorities imposing a state of emergency to quell the chaos. Despite efforts to restore calm, violence persists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dei-looks-to-be-on-its-deathbed-after-woke-giants-announce-slashes-to-diversity-budgets\/\" title=\"DEI's Demise Imminent as Woke Giants Cut Diversity Funding\">impacting daily life<\/a> in \u200dNoumea.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 18, 2024 at 1:25am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>French security forces reported another death Saturday in armed clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, the sixth fatality in nearly a week of violent unrest scorching the archipelago whose indigenous population long has sought independence.<\/p>\n<p>The sixth person was killed in an exchange of fire at one of the many impromptu barricades blocking roads on the island, said a security official speaking on the condition of anonymity because they weren\u2019t authorized to discuss the situation publicly.<\/p>\n<p>Two other people were seriously injured in the clash, the official said, confirming French media reports. The official said the firefight erupted at a blockade in the north of the main island, at Kaala-Gomen.<\/p>\n<p>Le Monde and other French news outlets said the person killed was a man and that his son was among the injured.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/national-guard-troops-deployed-nyc-subway-amid-spate-heinous-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violence<\/a> erupted Monday following protests over voting reforms opposed by pro-independence supporters who long have pushed to break free from France.<\/p>\n<p>Armed clashes, looting, arson and other mayhem have turned parts of the capital, Noumea, into no-go zones and have left a vast trail of destruction. Charred hulks of burned-out cars litter roads, businesses and shops have been ransacked, and buildings have turned into smoking ruins, with fires sending billowing clouds of smoke into the South Pacific skies.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a state of emergency imposed on the archipelago by the government in Paris and hundreds of reinforcements for security services that lost control of some neighborhoods, residents say violence continues to make venturing out perilous.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters have blockaded roads with barricades, as have residents banding to protect their homes, neighborhoods and livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>Noumea\u2019s mayor, Sonia Lagarde, said Saturday that while overnight violence has eased somewhat, with a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m curfew in effect, \u201cWe are far from a return to normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will this territory earn its independence?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/country-star-helps-clean-damage-nebraska-tornado-can-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">damage<\/a> is incredible,\u201d she said, speaking to broadcaster BFM-TV. \u201cIt\u2019s a spectacle of desolation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation is not improving \u2014 quite the contrary \u2014 despite all the appeals for calm,\u201d she said, describing Noumea as \u201cunder siege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state of emergency gives authorities greater powers to tackle violent protesters, including the possibility of house detention for people deemed a threat to public order and expanded powers to conduct searches, seize weapons and restrict movements, with possible jail time for violators.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent time France imposed such measures on one of its overseas territories was in 1985, also in New Caledonia, the Interior Ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>The violence has prompted French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to take New Caledonia off the globe-trotting itinerary of the Olympic flame slowly making its way to Paris for the July 26 Opening Ceremony of the Summer Games, the French minister for overseas territories, Marie Gu\u00e9venoux, said Saturday. The torch had been scheduled to journey to the archipelago on June 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur security forces are extremely busy, extremely tired. The prime minister is led, responsibly, to take this decision,\u201d Gu\u00e9venoux said, speaking to BFM-TV.<\/p>\n<p>There have been decades of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bible-prophecy-israels-mysterious-red-cows-middle-east-tensions-end-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tensions<\/a> on the archipelago between Indigenous Kanaks seeking independence and descendants of colonizers who want to remain part of France.<\/p>\n<p>The unrest erupted as the French legislature in Paris debated amending the French constitution to make changes to voter lists in New Caledonia. The National Assembly on Wednesday approved a bill that, among other changes, will allow residents who have lived in New Caledonia for 10 years to cast ballots in provincial elections.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents say the measure will benefit pro-France politicians in New Caledonia and further marginalize indigenous Kanak people.<\/p>\n<p>They once suffered from strict segregation policies and widespread discrimination. The vast archipelago of about 270,000 people east of Australia is 10 time zones ahead of Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44902\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44902\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44902\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44902\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44902\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Associated Press is an independent, not-for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-involving-trump-17-house-democrats-and-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Trump, 17 House Democrats, and the Biden Administration\">-profit news cooperative headquartered<\/a> in New York City. 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