Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin ordered Wednesday evening the establishment of a two-month curfew for minors under the age of 18 in Point-à-Pitre. This measure, taken to combat an outbreak of delinquency, will come into force “from the beginning of next week” and will be effective from 8 p.m.
in Guadeloupe. In March, a shopkeeper was killed there during a robbery. Then tourists on a cruise were stabbed by a woman with psychiatric disorders. In recent months, the sub-prefecture of Guadelupe - 14,500 inhabitants in 2020 - has largely contributed to the chronicle of news items. It has been the scene of a number of violent incidents, including the murder of a shopkeeper and the stabbing of a cruise ship passenger by a mentally ill woman. It is also the site of a series of kidnappings, including one in which a man was taken hostage and held for more than a week.