In Mayotte, where the deconfinement will be "postponed" beyond May 11, violence erupted Sunday evening between police and young people who refused to submit to the imposed curfew.

Marine Le Pen on Monday demanded that the state send "troops to restore order" to Mayotte after violence between the police and young people who refused to submit to the imposed curfew. The president of the National Gathering also requests the dispatch of a "hospital boat" to deal with the epidemic of coronavirus on the French territory of the Indian Ocean.

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"Riots of illegal immigrants, aggravation of the epidemic of COVID19 in #Mayotte ... the State must react urgently! Send troops to restore order and bring back a hospital boat to avoid an uncontrolled slippage of the situation ! ", wrote Marine Le Pen on Twitter, adding that" it won't be for want of warning! ".

Six hours of confrontation

On the night of Saturday to Sunday, the police intervened to disperse a gathering of "murengué" (traditional Mahoran boxing) of nearly 400 people from the districts of Tsoundzou and Doujani in the south of the commune of Mamoudzou. The clashes lasted nearly six hours with young people who refused to follow the curfew that had been in place since the start of the epidemic.

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A minor was placed in police custody and nine gendarmes and one police officer were injured, it was learned from a police source. Street furniture was burned and a convenience store was looted. In a press release, the deputy LR of Mayotte Mansour Kamardine denounced "the multiplication of thefts in organized gang and the return of the phenomenon of violent gangs on the public highway".

The virus "actively circulates" in Mayotte

"The organization of rallies in contravention of health regulations is increasing, especially during murengues, participating in the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, undermining the authority of the State, serving as a pretext for clashes with the forces of order and means of planning looting, "lamented the parliamentarian.

According to the latest assessment communicated by the ARS on Sunday, Mayotte has 650 confirmed patients and 6 dead. Monday afternoon, Édouard Philippe announced that the deconfinement would be "postponed" on the island, where "the virus is actively circulating".