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Around 1,700 police officers are already present in New Caledonia, where rioters have burned buildings, looted shops and set up road barricades, they added.

Protesters have set public buildings on fire, looted shops and barricaded roads.

Goons, the activists say, looted, set fires and assaulted passersby while police stood aside.

Aid organizations accuse groups like Abu Shabab’s of looting aid convoys, having ties to extremist groups and exacerbating famine in Gaza.

Protesters have condemned the rioting and looting that have happened in certain areas and have organised clean-up groups.