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Deadly Riots Sweep New Caledonia Capital - Noumea

Saturday, May 18, 2024 - Mont Dore - checkpoint manned by rioters at the entrance to the Pont des Français One more person was killed Saturday and two injured in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia as security personnel tried to restore order after a fifth night of riots and looting that has now claimed six lives. For almost a week, the usually unhurried oceanside city has been convulsed. Two gendarmes have been killed: one shot in the head and a second shot in friendly fire, officials said. Three other people, all Indigenous Kanaks, have also been killed: a 17-year-old and two men aged 20 and 36. The unrest has been blamed on economic malaise, social tensions and, above all, a political fight between mostly Indigenous pro-independence activists and Paris authorities. Photo by Gill Chabaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Riots Sweep New Caledonia Capital - Noumea

Checkpoint manned by rioters at the entrance to the Pont des Français in Mont Dore, New Caledonia, May 18, 2024. One more person was killed Saturday and two injured in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia as security personnel tried to restore order after a fifth night of riots and looting that has now claimed six lives. For almost a week, the usually unhurried oceanside city has been convulsed. Two gendarmes have been killed: one shot in the head and a second shot in friendly fire, officials said. Three other people, all Indigenous Kanaks, have also been killed: a 17-year-old and two men aged 20 and 36. The unrest has been blamed on economic malaise, social tensions and, above all, a political fight between mostly Indigenous pro-independence activists and Paris authorities. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Riots Sweep New Caledonia Capital - Noumea

Checkpoint manned by rioters at the entrance to the Pont des Français in Mont Dore, New Caledonia, May 18, 2024. One more person was killed Saturday and two injured in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia as security personnel tried to restore order after a fifth night of riots and looting that has now claimed six lives. For almost a week, the usually unhurried oceanside city has been convulsed. Two gendarmes have been killed: one shot in the head and a second shot in friendly fire, officials said. Three other people, all Indigenous Kanaks, have also been killed: a 17-year-old and two men aged 20 and 36. The unrest has been blamed on economic malaise, social tensions and, above all, a political fight between mostly Indigenous pro-independence activists and Paris authorities. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lebanon: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Near Sidon

Israel carried out 2 airstrikes targeting alleged Hezbollah weapons warehouse locations near Sidon on Monday, February 19. Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that "Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on the town of Ghaziyeh". The Israeli army said that the attack was in "response to to the explosion of an enemy drone, the wreckage of which was found near the Tiberias area this afternoon." This live footage shows smoke billowing as seen from Sidon.

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Minicar breaks through checkpoint at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows the second security checkpoint at the Narita airport whichaA minicar broke through and forced its way into the airport premises on May 9. Airport police have not yet caught the vehicle and found no traces of it entering runways or aircraft parking aprons, they said.

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Minicar breaks through checkpoint at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows the second security checkpoint at the Narita airport whichaA minicar broke through and forced its way into the airport premises on May 9. Airport police have not yet caught the vehicle and found no traces of it entering runways or aircraft parking aprons, they said. (Kyodo)