The airport in Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, is closed on Friday to due riots against the high cost of living, and over 1,000 passengers were redirected to the neighboring island of Guadeloupe, the Franceinfo radio reported.
Martinique's prefecture said in a press release that three flights with 1,117 passengers had to be redirected to Guadeloupe, following the closure of Aime Cesaire Airport.
A day earlier, about a hundred people breached the runway at the airport in Fort-de-France, the capital of Martinique. Eight people were arrested after rioters started throwing Molotov cocktails at the police.
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