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Mauritius imposes curfew after unrest that followed a police shooting of a woman
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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly left-leaning (67%).
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Mauritius imposed an overnight curfew after a night of unrest that followed a police shooting of a woman at a roadblock. Al Jazeera names the woman as Elodie Thomas, 27, and reports that the curfew, announced by Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, covered the capital Port Louis and major population centres. Bloomberg reports that schools were shut on Tuesday and that the main business lobby urged companies to let staff work from home. The BBC reports that the unrest began with protests over water shortages and the high cost of living. The officer involved has been arrested, the BBC reports, and Al Jazeera reports that a police sergeant was charged. Bloomberg reports that the curfew lifted at 6:00 a.m. local time and that police said the situation was under control.
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A woman was shot and wounded by police at a roadblock, and the circumstances of the shooting are not clear.
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- Left
- Al Jazeera English
- Center
- BBC News
Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam announced an overnight curfew after unrest and road blockades.
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- Left
- Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg
- Center
- BBC News
Schools were closed on Tuesday because of the unrest.
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- Bloomberg, Al Jazeera English
- Center
- BBC News
The officer involved in the shooting has been arrested or charged.
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- Al Jazeera English
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- BBC News
The curfew was lifted at 6:00 a.m. local time, and police said the situation was under control.
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- Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg
The unrest is reported as the worst in Mauritius since 1999 or in decades.
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- Bloomberg
- Center
- BBC News
What is contested
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The unrest was triggered by the police shooting of a woman.
Al Jazeera and Bloomberg tie the unrest to the police shooting. The BBC reports that peaceful protests over water shortages and the cost of living began a week earlier and turned violent after the shooting.
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All sides present report that unrest followed a police shooting of a woman and that a curfew was imposed. The left-side coverage stresses closures and business responses, while the BBC stresses the scale of the riots and the water shortages and cost of living behind them.
the left
2 outlets
Left-side headlines focus on the curfew, school closures and business response, with Bloomberg framing the unrest as the worst since 1999 and Al Jazeera tying it to the police shooting.
Mauritius imposes curfew after night of unrest over police shooting
Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines the center
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The BBC headline stresses the scale of the unrest, calling it the worst riots in decades, and links it to the police shooting, while its description adds the water shortages and cost of living that started it.
Mauritius reels from worst riots in decades after woman shot by police
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From the left
2 outletsLeads with
- curfew and school closures
- disruption to a tourism hub
- police shooting as trigger
Leaves out
- water shortages and cost of living behind the protests
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- BloombergLeft
Mauritius Extends Curfew for Second Night After Unrest
The government of Mauritius will impose a curfew for a second night across the island’s main population centers after the worst unrest since 1999.
Mauritius imposes curfew after night of unrest over police shooting
Protesters block roads and burn tyres in response to a police shooting of a 27-year-old woman.
From the center
1 outletLeads with
- scale of the riots
- water shortages and cost of living
- police shooting at a roadblock
Leaves out
- business lobby urging staff to work from home
- police saying the situation was under control
Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.
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- BBC NewsCenter
Mauritius reels from worst riots in decades after woman shot by police
Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam imposed a curfew after days of unrest that first began over water shortages.
From the right
0 outletsNo right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.
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Who reported it when
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Left
First to report
Bloomberg, Oct 13, 2:18 AM EDT
Center
1 day 5 hr later
Its first report, Oct 14, 7:24 AM EDT
Right
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From the outlets Mantle follows
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- BloombergLeftOct 13, 2:18 AM EDT
- Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 13, 6:41 PM EDT
- BBC NewsCenterOct 14, 7:24 AM EDT
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