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A member of the pro-indepdendence Kanak group says the unrest in New Caledonia is a "revolt", as the death toll rises to five, with a gendarme being accidently shot.
By Lydia Lewis and Patrick Decloitre of RNZ The presumed ringleaders of the unrest in New Caledonia have been placed in home detention and the social network.