利比里亞當選總統取消勝利慶祝活動，因為一輛車衝入人羣，造成3人死亡-彭博社

一輛撞向蒙羅維亞聯合黨（UP）支持者人羣的車輛殘骸。

攝影師：伊夫林·卡帕德·西格貝/法新社/蓋蒂圖片社

利比里亞（美聯社）——利比里亞總統當選人約瑟夫·博阿卡伊的政黨週二宣佈取消所有剩餘的勝利慶祝活動，此前一天當局表示一名司機駕車衝向人羣，造成至少三人死亡，17人受傷。

博阿卡伊的統一黨在一份聲明中表示：“我們對這起毀滅性、邪惡和野蠻的國內恐怖行為導致寶貴生命的喪失，向受影響的家庭和朋友表示哀悼和慰問。”

“我們敦促當局進行徹底和透明的調查，以確定原因並追究責任人的責任，”聲明補充道。

當局表示，一輛沒有車牌的吉普車司機關閉了車輛的燈光，故意衝向正在慶祝11月14日總統選舉決選結果的統一黨支持者聚集。

根據國家選舉委員會的數據，博阿卡伊在第二輪投票中以50.64%的得票率獲勝，而現任總統喬治·威亞獲得了49.36%的得票率。

Weah had already conceded defeat several days earlier based on the release of provisional results, and urged his supporters to respect the vote’s outcome.

The incumbent government on Tuesday extended its sympathies to the families of the victims. But in a news release urged the public “to refrain from making unsubstantiated claims about the incident, which has the potential of stoking post-elections violence.”

“The government takes particular note of a Unity Party statement, which appears to have drawn a conclusion, by terming the incident as domestic terrorism while at the same time urging the police to investigate the cause of the incident,” the news release said. ____

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