Members of the 'Union generale des travailleurs de Guadeloupe' set up a blockade at the roundabout of Perrin Les Abymes, on the French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe [Carla Bernhardt/ AFP]
News.com.au: 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.
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.
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WNU Editor: There goes the winter holiday season for many in the Caribbean.
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