“A few dozen individuals erected several roadblocks (…) that night, requiring the use of force on several occasions to dislodge them”declared Thursday October 24 the prefecture of Martinique in a press launch, citing among the many cities affected “downtown Fort-de-France” and the adjoining municipalities of Schoelcher and Saint-Joseph.
“Only the Case-Pilote and Saint-Joseph dams remain active this Thursday morning and are preventing traffic”it’s defined within the press launch, specifying that two fuel stations had been looted and 5 companies “vandalized and burglarized in a shopping center in Schoelcher”.
A curfew remains to be in power on the Caribbean island because of the violence which marked a mobilization in opposition to the excessive price of dwelling. Established on October 10, it was prolonged on Monday, from midnight to five a.m., till October 28. According to the prefecture, for the reason that begin of the violence affecting the island, 153 folks have been arrested.
Tensions haven’t ended regardless of the settlement signed final week between state companies, native elected officers and financial gamers to decrease the costs of hundreds of meals merchandise. “20% on average”. The settlement is taken into account inadequate by the collective Rally for the Protection of Afro-Caribbean Peoples and Resources, the motion on the origin of the mobilization.
In a press launch printed Wednesday, the collective denounced its “deep anger at the police repression currently being exercised against vulnerable people, particularly those with disabilities”citing an intervention by the gendarmerie which brought on controversy on Tuesday in Case-Pilote.
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