PARIS (AP) — Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia announced an overnight curfew and banned gatherings on Tuesday after violent unrest erupted in the capital of Noumea.

The territory’s top French official Louis Le Franc said 35 police and gendarme troops were injured and 48 people have been arrested. No serious civilian casualties were reported, the high commissioner’s statement said.

It said Noumea was wracked by “high intensity” disturbances overnight Monday to Tuesday. Le Franc said numerous stores and video surveillance equipment were damaged. Schools were closed on Tuesday.

French media reported that the unrest started with protests against voting reforms that French lawmakers are debating in Paris and which would increase the number of people who could cast ballots in New Caledonia.

“Serious disturbances to public order are still underway” in Nouméa and surrounding municipalities, the High Commission of the Republic in New Caledonia said Tuesday. Internal security troops and civil security forces have been mobilized to intervene, it added.