At least 10 people are killed by riots – Summary 3

Two people died this Sunday when a crowd looted and then burned a supermarket of industrial products in Santiago de Chile, bringing to ten the number of victims of vandalism splashing the country as a result of the radicalization of the protest. Citizen against inequality.

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[CHILE] The city becomes uncontrollable, there is no army that can stop the taking of streets and squares in the different cities of the South American country that only asks for one thing :

Let Piñera go!@ChalecosAmarill#EstoPasaEnChile
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Among these victims, the mayor of the metropolitan region, Karla Rubila, recorded 8 dead on Sunday: five people burned in a clothing store in the town of Renca and another in a supermarket in the district of Renca. Matucana Street, reported the agency EFE.

Add to this the bodies of two burnt women who were found Saturday morning in a supermarket in the municipality of Santiago de San Bernardo that was ransacked and burned.

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Plaza Italia now. Massive and peaceful civil disobedience. All the beauty of the world in a Chile that has woken up. People with spoons and pots stop the tanks. pic.twitter.com/oVLsQcS42s

– #PamelaJilesDiputada (@PamJiles) October 21, 2019

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In addition, the Ministry of Health reported that at least 10 of the 200 wounded were hospitalized with a risk of death.

Throughout this Sunday, new acts of violence have been repeated, with serious clashes with the army and security forces, looting, shootings and attacks, in a wave of violence that keeps a good part of Chile on alert.

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Head of the National Defense of Punta Arenas, General Jorge Mario Peña N. He delivers balance to the Magellan Municipality and the Chilean Antarctic. #JefeDeDenfensaPuntaArenas #Exception Status pic.twitter.com/3RRSs44Jsg

– Chilean Army (@Ejercito_Chile) October 21, 2019

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The militarization of the country ordered by President Sebastián Piñera has intensified in recent hours to try to control the violent excesses caused by the clashes between protesters and security forces, in the wave of protest triggered by the rise in the electricity and electricity rates. transport.

The curfew was applied for the second consecutive night Sunday night in the Chilean capital, which banned the movement of people between 19 and 6 am, announced the head of the security operation, General Javier Iturriaga .