(8 Sep 1995) Natural Sound
French police and rioters have again clashed on the streets of the Tahitian capital, Papeete, in a second straight day of violence and arson.
France flew hundreds more police and troops to the island to try and snuff out the unrest sparked by its nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll.
Squads of French riot police fired stun grenades and tear gas at young protestors outside Papeete's airport for the second day on Thursday.
The latest clampdown on the objectors to France's heavily-criticised nuclear test, comes after a night of looting and arson in the streets of the Tahitian capital.
France said on Thursday it was sending hundreds more police to the paradise-turned-riot-torn island after protesters went on the rampage.
The rioting was the most violent of the many demonstrations worldwide against France's nuclear underground blast at Mururoa Atoll, which is one-thousand-200 kilometres (750 miles) southeast of Papeete.
The Tahitian President has blamed the riots on the independence movement, the environmental protest group Greenpeace and foreign journalists.
However, the French blast has spurred the independence movement in French Polynesia and it may have been anger generated by colonial rule heightened by France's actions which has led to the scenes of violence witnessed on television screens worldwide.
As France bolsters its might in combatting the protestors, many say defiantly they will continue confronting the police and military until the French stops their nuclear tests in the South Pacific.
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