The objective of the national Gendarmerie is to be present on the roads, control the flow of vehicles, fight against insecurity, the French High Commission in New Caledonia said. Photo: X / @HC98800
The two men who were shot in New Caledonia on Thursday were the subject of a search warrant.
This takes the death toll to 13 people after months of unrest in the French Pacific territory over Paris's plan for voting reforms that Indigenous Kanak people fear would leave them in a permanent minority, crushing their hopes for independence.
Islands Business Correspondent Nic Mclellan spoke with Pacific Waves host Susana Suisuiki.
