Protesters Enraged by Choice for New Premier
Mobs looted stores, torched buildings and cars, and pelted police with stones after lawmakers in the Solomon Islands elected a new prime minister associated with a previous administration accused of corruption.
Seven police officers were injured, six of them Australians. The Australians are in the Solomon Islands to help end years of communal violence.
The rioters were enraged that Snyder Rini was chosen prime minister despite his close ties to former leader Allan Kemakeza. Several of Kemakeza’s ministers have been charged with corruption.
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