Second police officer dies in violent riots as France sends more police to New Caledonia

A French police officer has become the fifth person killed amid violent rioting in New Caledonia . France is sending about 1,000 security personnel to the island in an attempt to bring the situation under control.

"The situation in New Caledonia remains very tense, with looting, riots, fires, attacks which are unbearable," Mr Attal said. The National Council of Chiefs of the Indigenous Kanak people condemned "all acts of vandalism and gun violence" as "unjustifiable," but rejected the allegations that members of The Field Action Coordination Unit have been involved in the deadly violence.The high commission, which represents the French state in New Caledonia, said more than 200 "rioters" have been arrested.

French government sources told AP the leaders did not want to talk with each other, and Mr Macron will have individual contacts with them instead.French officials have for some time been concerned about the interest taken by Azerbaijan in French overseas territories including New Caledonia, in spite of the vast geographical and cultural distance.

Support for independence in New Caledonia has been clear this week, with people waiving Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front flags in the street.The meeting saw the creation of the "Baku Initiative Group", whose stated aim is to support "French liberation and anti-colonialist movements". New Caledonia, which lies between Australia and Fiji — 17,000 km from Paris — is one of several territories around the globe that remain under French control in the post-colonial era.

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