Mongolia declares emergency after riots

ULAN BATOR: The Mongolian government yesterday declared a four-day state of emergency to quell riots over alleged election frauds that have killed at least five people.

Rifle-toting soldiers patrolled the streets and armored vehicles guarded intersections in Mongolia's capital as President Nambaryn Enkhbayar also issued a decree, imposing overnight curfew and allowing police to use force in dealing with demonstrators.

Enkhbayar declared the emergency after rock-throwing protesters clashed with police on Tuesday as they attacked the headquarters of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, or MPRP, and set it on fire.