Mauritius Imposes Curfew to Calm Days of Protests After Woman Shot by Police
Police said the unrest spread after a woman was shot, with 10 arrests, school closures and an inquiry into the officer involved.
- Mauritius authorities imposed an overnight curfew on Tuesday to quell rare civil unrest on the Indian Ocean island, requiring residents in Port Louis and other towns to remain indoors from 8:30 p.m. until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
- Peaceful protests over water shortages and the high cost of living began last week but escalated into violence on Friday when police shot and wounded a woman at a roadblock in Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, southwest of Port Louis.
- Police arrested one officer and suspended three others for "failing to provide assistance to a person whose life was in danger" as protesters burned tires and damaged public infrastructure overnight.
- Authorities lifted the curfew Wednesday morning as Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam warned those "acting against the interests of the country" would face "very heavy consequences warranted by their anti-patriotic acts."
- Analyst Zoë McCathie told the BBC's Newsday that protests of this scale haven't been seen since around 1999, with water shortages expected to persist until the rainy season in December.
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A police officer seriously shot and wounded a woman on Friday in Camp-Levieux, south of Port-Louis. According to the police, 84 people were arrested on Tuesday, including looting, fires, violence and curfew offences.
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The Government of Mauritius extends to the nights of Wednesday and Thursday a curfew on about one third of the island as a result of a protest accompanied by violence for which 94 people have been arrested in recent days.
Mauritius rocked by worst riots since 1999: How a police shooting triggered unrest
Mauritius has been rocked by its worst riots since 1999 after water shortages and rising living costs fuelled public anger. A woman’s shooting by police escalated tensions, triggering vandalism and clashes. Authorities imposed a curfew as the government faced mounting pressure to restore order.
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