Three people died and five were injured in Indonesia after protesters set fire to a regional parliament building, authorities said on Saturday, as demonstrations pose the first major test to President Prabowo Subianto’s government.

The Southeast Asian nation’s disaster management agency, in a statement, did not give the causes of the deaths in the Friday evening fire in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province.

The Antara news agency said the dead victims allegedly had been trapped in the burning building. The disaster agency said two of the injuries resulted from people jumping out of the building.

Protests began in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta this week over lawmakers’ pay, escalating on Friday after a police armoured vehicle hit and killed the driver of a ride-hailing motorbike.

    • ColombianLenin [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      their govt violently oppressing the entire planet

      I dont think most ameriKKKans think of the rest of the world as people, so they don’t give a shit

    • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      imagine if americans had 1% of this energy

      jan 6th they would’ve definitely killed a couple congresscritters if they had the chance, and they kinda killed a pig (critical support)

      about their govt violently oppressing the entire planet and disappearing people to death camps

      oh lol nevermind liberals would never