Gunshots fired at police in France's Martinique, Guadeloupe still tense

An aerial view of people driving past street barricades and burned cars after violent demonstrations which broke out over COVID-19 protocols, in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

PARIS (Reuters) -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.

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.