1967 Port Louis riots

The 7 August 1967 General Elections were held to determine the nation's support for independence from the British. On the afternoon of the election day, fighting broke out between Muslims against Creoles and Chinese in Constituency No. 3 (Port Louis Maritime and East). Mohamed's Muslim supporters of CAM clashed against Ah Chuen's Chinese and Duval's Creoles of PMSD. CAM supporters destroyed PMSD's cars, blocked roads and rumoured that CAM's Ibrahim Dawood was no longer running for office. Retaliation by PMSD soon followed as they burnt down a house and many civilians were assaulted. The Police Riot Unit (PRU) and Special Mobile Force (SMF) had to intervene and tear gas was used to bring the crowds under control. ==September & October 1967 Riots==

The government of Mauritius dismissed 10,000 relief workers and soon protesters started to demonstrate in the streets of Port Louis to protest against the loss of their jobs. In the five months leading up to the August 1967 elections, the Labour government had increased the number of relief workers by more than 60% (from 19,290 to 30,887). ==References==