En Indonésie, la sécurité s'est renforcée à Jakarta après une nouvelle nuit de violence
After the second night of violence between police and opposition supporters, law enforcement officers were strengthened significantly.
Law enforcement personnel were significantly pushed in the Indonesian capital Thursday after the second night of violence between police and opposition supporters who challenged President Joko Widodo's re-election.
58,000 police and soldiers were deployed on the streets of Jakarta, fighting around 30,000 earlier, while protesters again attacked police at night by throwing rocks and fireworks.
"We have arrested more than 300 suspects, we are interrogating them and we have evidence" of an organized movement, said AFP spokesman Dedi Prasetyo, adding that money, sickles, machetes and fireworks had been confiscated.
Clashes that began in various parts of the capital on Tuesday night to Wednesday killed six people during the first night of violence.
The victims were very young, including a 17-year-old middle school student and a 19-year-old boy, according to local media reports. Their state of death is unknown, but the police said they did not use live ammunition against many people.
The losing candidate refused to admit his defeat
Protesters took to the streets after a surprise announcement on Tuesday about the official results of the presidential election confirming Joko Widodo's victory against former General Prabowo Subianto, 55.5% of the vote compared to 44.5%.
The losing candidate refused to admit his defeat in the April 17 poll, which called "massive fraud", and Thursday had to appeal to the Constitutional Court, according to his communications team.
Central capital was quiet Thursday morning, but many offices, shopping centers and schools remained closed.
Some embassies have asked their citizens not to visit the center of the capital, where the police blocked the road to the Election Commission (KPU) and the election supervisory body (Bawaslu).
These institutions, targeted by protesters, are protected by barbed wire rolls and hundreds of police and military personnel.
Law enforcement personnel were significantly pushed in the Indonesian capital Thursday after the second night of violence between police and opposition supporters who challenged President Joko Widodo's re-election.
58,000 police and soldiers were deployed on the streets of Jakarta, fighting around 30,000 earlier, while protesters again attacked police at night by throwing rocks and fireworks.
"We have arrested more than 300 suspects, we are interrogating them and we have evidence" of an organized movement, said AFP spokesman Dedi Prasetyo, adding that money, sickles, machetes and fireworks had been confiscated.
Clashes that began in various parts of the capital on Tuesday night to Wednesday killed six people during the first night of violence.
The victims were very young, including a 17-year-old middle school student and a 19-year-old boy, according to local media reports. Their state of death is unknown, but the police said they did not use live ammunition against many people.
The losing candidate refused to admit his defeat
Protesters took to the streets after a surprise announcement on Tuesday about the official results of the presidential election confirming Joko Widodo's victory against former General Prabowo Subianto, 55.5% of the vote compared to 44.5%.
The losing candidate refused to admit his defeat in the April 17 poll, which called "massive fraud", and Thursday had to appeal to the Constitutional Court, according to his communications team.
Central capital was quiet Thursday morning, but many offices, shopping centers and schools remained closed.
Some embassies have asked their citizens not to visit the center of the capital, where the police blocked the road to the Election Commission (KPU) and the election supervisory body (Bawaslu).
These institutions, targeted by protesters, are protected by barbed wire rolls and hundreds of police and military personnel.
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