Petrol stations, shops and other businesses in Solomon Islands' capital of Honiara after days of rioting left at least three people dead.Residents in the capital of the Solomon Islands, Honiara, have welcomed the restoration of law and order after police and defence personnel from PNG and Australia arrived in the city.
Honiara resident Simon Abana said he managed to find a handful of petrol stations open but with long queues."Most of the homes, most of the families have a limited supply of food. And some are running out of electricity as well.Australian-led effort to last weeks, Minister Birmingham says Local police said a forensic team was working to identify the charred remains of three bodies found in a shop in the city's burnt-out Chinatown district.
Senior federal minister Simon Birmingham says the contingent is likely to be deployed to Australia's troubled Pacific near neighbour for a matter of weeks rather than months."At this very early stage, our officials and forces on the ground are working hard to help to provide that restoration of peace," he told reporters in Adelaide on Saturday.
Many of the protesters are said to resent the government over its 2019 decision to end diplomatic ties with Taiwan and establish formal links with China.Solomons police fire warning shots to disperse protesters, as Australian peacekeepers arrive
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