MARTINIQUE – Fires break out as Covid-19 unrest spreads through French Caribbean
Protesters looted shops and set up burning barricades overnight on France’s Caribbean island of Martinique, France Info reported on Thursday, as demonstrations against Covid-19 protocols intensified following similar unrest in nearby Guadeloupe.
Security forces and firefighters have reported coming under fire in Martinique where a general strike got under way on Monday, a week after a similar shutdown began in Guadeloupe. There have been no reports of casualties.