Man shot dead by police in riot-hit New Caledonia: Media

A roadblock is pictured during French President Emmanuel Macron's visit in Noumea, France 's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on May 23, 2024. PARIS: Police shot dead a man in riot-hit New Caledonia on Friday evening , a day after President Emmanuel Macron visited to the French-ruled Pacific island to try to calm tensions, local media said, citing the local prosecutor's office.

The police officer used his gun as he and a colleague were attacked by a group of around 15 people before the shot was fired, NC La 1ere broadcaster quoted the prosecutor as saying.triggered by a contested electoral reform and fuelled by sharp economic disparities between the indigenous Kanak population and people of European background.

Macron, on a one-day visit on Thursday, hit the pause button on the reform, which would allow thousands more French residents who have lived in New Caledonia for 10 years to vote, diluting the vote of Kanaks, who comprise 41 per cent of the population. He stopped short of following demands by those seeking independence that it be withdrawn altogether but said he wanted to use the following weeks to try and reach an overall political deal on the island's future.The island territory is marked by deep economic disparities, according to census data. The poverty rate among indigenous Kanaks, the largest community, is 32.5 per cent, compared to 9 per cent among non-Kanaks, according to the 2019 census.

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