1 dead, at least 6 injured in post-election unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros

A second day of unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros on Thursday left one person dead and at least six others injured, a health official said.

The protests came after incumbent President Azali Assoumani was declared the winner in an election held over the weekend that was denounced by the country’s opposition parties as fraudulent.

The announcement late Tuesday that Assoumani had won a fourth term triggered violent protests that started Wednesday, with some ministers’ house and car burned, a national food depot vandalized, and several streets barricaded by protesters.