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mo4ch:>6 dead, 200 injured as Indonesia gripped by post-election riots (VIDEOS, PHOTOS) | Mo4ch News

Jakarta has descended into violent chaos with angry mobs torching cars and firing missiles and Molotov cocktails at police in post-election skirmishes. So far, six people have been confirmed dead and a further 200 injured.A reportedly 50,000-strong security force used tear gas and water cannon to quell torrents of rocks, Molotov cocktails and other burning projectiles thrown by violent protesters who decried the re-election of incumbent President Joko Widodo, who won a second term with 55.5 percent of the vote.His rival Prabowo Subianto, an ex-special forces commander, refused to accept the election result, claiming widespread election fraud, but without providing any evidence to support such allegations.Footage from social media shows the extent of the overnight unrest and the sheer ferocity of the violence in some areas.Widodo reportedly beat Subianto by 17 million votes, or roughly 15 percent of the country’s population. Subianto has vowed to challenge the decision in Indonesia’s c…