Guadeloupe: a gendarme wounded by bullet on a new day of violence

The vital prognosis of the officer is not engaged. Six people were arrested at the end of a day of mobilization against the immunization obligation generally little followed.

Le Monde with AFP

Violence erupted, Thursday, January 20, to Guadeloupe where a gendarme was wounded in real ball in Pointe-à-Pitre and six people arrested, did the gendarmerie and the police informed. The vital prognosis of the policeman is not engaged and an investigation was opened, according to a police source. The Prosecutor of the Republic must hold a press conference on Friday.

A week ago, the collective of organizations mobilized against the vaccine bond had called the whole of the island to join a day “Dead Island” and to “mobilize everywhere, in the street and in front of companies “.

The call, launched for the anniversary date of the training in 2009 of the Collective Lyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon (LKP, which brings together about fifty organizations), generally little followed, ended up at several points of tensions on the ‘island and some blockages by people’s handles at the entrance of supermarkets or in front of certain service stations.

A Exfiltered Hospital Director

At the Basse-Terre Hospital Center, “About forty people attempted to enter the administrative building,” said France-Presse (AFP), Christine Wilhem, director of the hospital. It had to be exfilled by the vigils that protect the approval of the establishment. “We are starting to be used to protecting itself,” she believed.

In the center of the island, the “unauthorized” events according to the prefecture degenerated during the operations of the order of the order in the municipality of the abymes, according to the same source which specifies that “the forces of the Order have been taken over by various projectile jets, stones, molotov cocktails, bolts …. “.

On channel channel 10, the unionist gaby keyboard, former secretary of the health branch of the UGTG denounced a will “to prevent us from manifesting”, as well as “police violence”, and “gassing” . The protesters were “repelled over several kilometers” according to a police source but erected barricades and obstructed the roads. Helicopter overflights also took place.

Depending on the Pointe-to-Pitre floor, “At least three” real bullet shots have been counted and “at least one store was looted”, while the night had just fallen.

/Media reports.