FILE PHOTO: French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin visits the 22nd Milipol Paris, the worldwide exhibition dedicated to homeland security, in Villepinte near Paris, France, October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday that several members of the police force had been injured as a result of civil unrest during protests against COVID-19 protocols on France's Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe.
"In Guadeloupe and Martinique, our security forces as well as journalists have been the target of attacks and have been fired upon. Several members of the police forces have been injured," Darmanin on his Twitter account said.
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