Amid the ongoing armed clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, the security forces reported another death on Saturday, increasing the death toll to six. The person was killed in an exchange of fire at one of the many impromptu barricades that blocked the roads on the island, said a security official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorised to discuss the situation publicly.

Two other people were seriously injured in the clash, the official said, confirming French media reports. They also established that the firefight erupted at a blockade in the north of the main island, at Kaala-Gomen.