More than 130 people have died in a blaze set by rioters in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan.

Michael Maher reports the fatalities are the result of the worst election violence seen in Indonesia in decades.

The violence in the city of Banjarmasin broke out last Friday on the last day of campaigning in Indonesia's parliamentary elections. Clashes between the Muslim-based party, the PPP and the ruling Golkar party turned into full scale rioting. Hundreds of homes and offices were set alight, but most of the deaths occurred in a blaze in a three storey shopping complex. Police have yet to give a final death-toll, it could take days before all the charred remains of buildings have been thoroughly searched. This has been the worst outbreak of violence in the most violent campaign yet seen during President Suharto's 30-year rule. Apparent from fatalities in Banjarmasin, more than 200 others have also died in election-related incidence, there will now be an official cooling off period before Indonesians go to the polls on May 29th.