New Caledonia: three people dead as protests continue over voting change

Three people have been killed in unrest in New Caledonia, as rioting continued and shops and schools remained shut on Wednesday after France’s national assembly approved changes to voting rules in the Pacific island.

The three dead were young Indigenous Kanak, said a spokesperson for New Caledonia’s president, Louis Mapou, adding that the information was provided by police in the French territory.

Rioting broke out this week before…