An investigation has been opened to try to determine the causes of these deaths, the first since the beginning of the disorders last Wednesday.
Le Monde with AFP
The bodies of three killed in the troubles in Solomon Islands were discovered in a fire building of the capital, Honiara, announced the police on Saturday, November 27th.
The calcined bodies were discovered in a store in the Chinese district of Honiara. A security officer told the France-Press agency found Friday night the bodies in two burned pieces.
An investigation has been opened to try to determine the causes of the death of the three deceased, the first since the start of the riots last Wednesday.
Saturday morning, the streets of the capital were relatively calm, the inhabitants trying to evaluate the damage caused by the riots.
Firespace and patrols
A night curfew entered into force on Friday night in Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands, after a third day of riots, which saw the residence of the Prime Minister threatened, burned buildings and looted stores.
Policies and Australian soldiers, just on the spot, quickly intervened to restore order, protect certain buildings and patrolling, heavily armed, in the streets of Honiara.
The riots had started Wednesday when hundreds of people demonstrated to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare before going to the Chinese district of Honiara, which has 80,000 inhabitants.
The causes of these riots are multiple, among them anger vis-à-vis the government, the economic difficulties aggravated by the Pandemic of Covid-19 and the historical rivalry between the inhabitants of the most populous island of the country , Malaita, and that of Guadalcanal where the administrative capital of this archipelago of 700,000 inhabitants is located.
The inhabitants of the Island of Malaita feel abandoned by the central government and the disputes intensified when, in 2019, the Government of Mr. Sogavar has also decided diplomatically Taiwan, but China.
Beijing condemned these riots on Friday and is committed to “ensuring the security and rights and interests of Citizens and Chinese institutions”.