Shots were fired at police and firefighters trying to put out blazes. Guadeloupe's prefect, Alexandre Rochatte, who represents the French government, said in a statement that armed groups had tried to loot stores in Pointe-a-Pitre, Basse-Terre and Lamentin and battled police. The strike notice demands an end to the mandatory vaccination of health workers as well as support to deal with high fuel prices. In a sign unrest could spread to other overseas territories in the Caribbean, trade unions called for a general strike on the island of Martinique from Monday, French media reported. ![]() ![]() ![]() "This situation cannot be accepted nor tolerated," government spokesman Gabriel Attal told Europe 1 radio.
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