Another very rough night.

Guadeloupe, which has been facing a large social movement for a week, has experienced fires and looting which resulted in 37 arrests during the night from Saturday to Sunday.

"Our area was marked by looting of shops, especially in the town of Lamentin where a small shopping center was attacked with a backhoe loader," said the command of the gendarmerie of Guadeloupe.

The government responds with the GIGN and the Raid

The government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, denounced this Sunday an “intolerable and unacceptable” situation in Guadeloupe, where the challenge to the vaccination obligation of caregivers degenerates into blockages and violence.

According to Gabriel Attal, the reinforcements of police officers and gendarmes sent from metropolitan France, in particular units of the GIGN and the Raid, should arrive this Sunday in the island.

In several towns on the island, food stores were looted, as well as pharmacies.

"Each time, a barricade placed upstream prevented us from moving forward", according to the gendarmes who also testify to suspicions of "false calls to attract us elsewhere, just like the firefighters".

In the town of Morne-à-l'Eau, a police station was set on fire.

"Shots directed against the intervention forces"

"The Côte-sous-le-vent was a particularly active point", according to the command of the gendarmerie of Guadeloupe, which reports roadblocks of all sizes in this area of ​​the island, rather calm in general. "Thirty-seven people were arrested and taken into custody," according to a police source, "most of them in the act of looting" shops or restaurants. A workforce of about 200 people was distributed in the central area of ​​the island, to face the fire dams "very numerous" throughout the night, but also ambushes.

"There was fire directed against the intervention forces, in particular during the attempted attack by the municipal police in Gosier".

In total, more than 150 tear gas and de-encircling grenades were thrown by the police.

Guadeloupe, plagued by roadblocks and riots for several days, is under a curfew that runs until Tuesday morning, from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m.

This Sunday, roadblocks were still listed at several points on the island.

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