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Violence Erupts in Indonesia’s Capital in Wake of Presidential Election Results
#Indonesia: The police in #Jakarta have clashed with demonstrators as protests over the newly announced results of the April presidential election unraveled into violence.
The city’s governor, Anies Baswedan, a close ally of the defeated presidential candidate #PrabowoSubianto, cited reports of deaths and large numbers of injuries in the violence on Tuesday night, though they could not be immediately verified. Tito Karnavian, the chief of the Indonesian national police, also reported deaths, saying hospital officials had said six people were killed.
Officials attributed the violence to organized groups bent on mayhem that appeared late Tuesday night after the day of political protest. But it was not immediately known which group those injured or killed belonged to. A police spokesman said 62 people had been arrested.
#Indonesia: The police in #Jakarta have clashed with demonstrators as protests over the newly announced results of the April presidential election unraveled into violence.
The city’s governor, Anies Baswedan, a close ally of the defeated presidential candidate #PrabowoSubianto, cited reports of deaths and large numbers of injuries in the violence on Tuesday night, though they could not be immediately verified. Tito Karnavian, the chief of the Indonesian national police, also reported deaths, saying hospital officials had said six people were killed.
Officials attributed the violence to organized groups bent on mayhem that appeared late Tuesday night after the day of political protest. But it was not immediately known which group those injured or killed belonged to. A police spokesman said 62 people had been arrested.