French gendarmes deployed in Dumbéa on 24 June 2024. Photo: NC la 1ère
Fresh violence has erupted in several parts of New Caledonia over the past three days, with more burning and destruction and two deaths indirectly connected to unrest.
The renewed violence comes after seven pro-independence figures were indicted on Saturday and transferred by a special plane to several jails in mainland France.
They are facing charges related to the organisation of protests that led to grave civil unrest that broke out in the French Pacific archipelago since 13 May in protest of a French constitutional amendment.
RNZ Pacific Editor, Koroi Hawkins spoke with French Pacific desk correspondent Patrick Decloitre and began by asking him if the recent unrest was connected to the arrests.
