Mauritius Police Force

Force in Play

Reported 151 arrests by 16 October; four officers from the Camp-Levieux roadblock arrested, one charged over the shooting

Mauritius lifted its overnight curfew on 19 October, and schools and roads reopened. Protests over water shortages and living costs had started on 7 October; the shooting of 27-year-old Elodie Thomas at a Camp-Levieux roadblock two nights later turned them violent.

Updated Oct 29