Police in Papua New Guinea's third largest city Mt Hagen have managed to quell tension over local government elections which saw roads and the airport shut and water supplies cut.
Candidates and their supporters were angry over the PNG Electoral Commissioner's decision to declare a failed vote in five local level government elections in the Western Highlands Province.
Our PNG correspondent in Papua New Guinea, Todagia Kelola, says the unrest followed earlier unrelated student clashes.
"They were really aggressive and the situation was really tense. The police up in Mt Hagen were outnumbered with all the candidates combined together to cause all this havoc."
Todagia Kelola says the National Security Council chairman has stated he will try to get a change in the Electoral Commission's stance on the elections.
