Solomon Islands protests: 3 burned bodies found in Chinatown in Honiara following days of unrest

Australia's Joint Operations Command launched images on Saturday of troopers from the Army's third Brigade, sixth Brigade and seventeenth Brigade disembarking army transport plane as half of the "emergency assistance mission."The Australian peacekeepers have been deployed on the request of the federal government of the Solomon Islands. Their arrival comes after a 3rd night time of violence that noticed the Prime Minister's residence come beneath assault and enormous components of the capital lowered to ashes, in response to Agence France-Presse journalists in Honiara.Australia's Ministry of Defense stated it had additionally deployed the Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Armidale to the Islands to assist native forces in maritime safety.Papua New Guinea additionally deployed a safety workforce to the Solomon Islands on Friday following a request from the Pacific island nation, PNG Prime Minister James Marape stated in a press release.The safety workforce, comprised of 20 police and 15 correctional service members, is deployed to help Solomon Islands' police to "stop looting and vandalism" in Honiara, and is topic to extend if the necessity arises, the assertion learn.

The Solomon Islands authorities on Friday declared a nightly curfew and suggested all public servants to remain at house. The curfew will final from 7 p.m. to six a.m. day by day, efficient from Friday. "During the period, only authorized officers are allowed to move within the city," a authorities assertion stated.On Friday, the central authorities suggested all public servants to remain at house as a result of unrest, with the exception of important employees, and inspired workers to make sure they'd meals provides "due to the uncertainty of the current situation." On Thursday, an area journalist stated fires have been blazing in Chinatown, and the police had misplaced management in jap Honiara.