Gunshots were fired overnight at police in the French Caribbean island of Martinique, local authorities said on Tuesday, in a sign that unrest triggered by COVID-19 curbs that has rocked the nearby island of Guadeloupe could be spreading there, APA reports quoting Reuters.
No police have been injured and things have calmed down in the daytime, a Martinique police official said, but traffic was still slowed by barricades.
Gunfire has also targeted police over the past few days in Guadeloupe, where a general strike entered a second week on Monday and many stores remained shuttered after night-time looting amid protests over the COVID-19 restrictions.
The situation remains "very difficult" in Guadeloupe, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told France Inter radio earlier in the day.
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