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<br>Chad's army forces deployed on N'Djamena's streets after junta leader General Deby won the presidential election<br><br>Chadian soldiers deployed on Friday in large numbers across several districts of the capital after late-night celebrations marked the presidential election victory of junta leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.<br><br>Even before the official results gave Deby more than 61 percent in Monday's ballot, the presidential guard had parked many armoured vehicles on major junctions and thoroughfares.<br><br>AFP reporters said the number of troops on the streets Friday appeared considerably larger than after previous elections.<br><br>Just hours before the official results were announced late Thursday, Prime Minister Succes Masra had declared himself victor of the vote.<br><br>The former opposition leader appointed prime minister in January, had warned that Deby's team would rig the results to ensure he won.<br><br>Masra urged Chadians to "mobilise peacefully but firmly... to prove our victory".<br><br><br><br><br>Supporters of Chad's junta leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno celebrate his election victory in the capital<br><br>The electoral commission said Masra had garnered only 18.53 percent of the vote.<br><br>Deby, 40, had been proclaimed transitional president three years ago by the army after his father, iron-fisted president Idriss Deby Itno, had been shot dead by rebels.<br><br>No stepped-up security was visible around the headquarters of Masra's Transformers' party in the south of the capital on Friday.<br><br>Soldiers had let off repeated bursts of gunfire in the air near the party HQ after the results were announced late Thursday,  [https://jetblacktransportation.com/ car service new york city] both in celebration of Deby's win and to deter protesters from gathering.<br><br>Heavily-armed members of the presidential guard wearing their red berets were out Friday on main roads alongside an impressive number of armoured vehicles, AFP journalists reported.<br><br>But the capital appeared calm ahead of Friday's Muslim prayers and people went about their business.<br><br>Near the presidential palace, Deby's supporters had shouted, sung, blasted [https://jetblacktransportation.com/ car service new york city] horns and fired their own guns in the air in celebration.<br><br>At least two teenagers were wounded by falling bullets, an AFP journalist saw.<br><br>yas-dwi-lnf-hpn-gir/bp/rlp<br><br><br><br>If you cherished this post and you would like to obtain details with regards to [https://jetblacktransportation.com/ JetBlack] kindly stop by the internet site.