Twelve gendarmes were slightly injured and stores were set on fire, on the night of Wednesday October 9 to Thursday October 10, in Martinique, during clashes with demonstrators, according to a prefectural source.
According to this same source, “at least three stores were set on fire” on the island while several fires on car parks were recorded, including one at the port where new vehicles imported into Martinique are parked.
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At 2 a.m. local time (8 a.m. in Paris), loud explosions were still heard in Schoelcher, a town adjoining Fort-de-France, according to an AFP journalist.
The movement against the high cost of living, a recurring theme in the French West Indies, was launched at the beginning of September by the Rally for the Protection of Afro-Caribbean Peoples and Resources (RPPRAC), which demands alignment with France in the prices of food products. , which are 40% more expensive in Martinique.
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