Tensions in Chile: the death toll rises to 8 and unrest continues throughout the country

Regarding the fire, Velasquez said that "the neighbors have indicated that it could have been intentional" and added that "it is a hypothesis that is being considered".

The burned factory is located in Renca, a commune in the northwest of the capital.

Karla Rubilar, mayor of the metropolitan region of Santiago, announced the death of three people this morning after the fire of a supermarket in the municipality of San Bernardo, south of the capital.

The firefighters found two bodies burned there and another seriously injured person was taken to the hospital, where he died soon after, the official said in radio reports Bío Bío.

In addition, there are reports that more than 200 people have been wounded and, according to Interior Minister Andrés Chadwick, 960 people were arrested on Sunday for the riots organized during the demonstrations that took place this weekend. in Chile.

Another night with curfew

The general in charge of the state of emergency in Chile, Javier Iturriaga, announced Sunday a new curfew for Santiago, which also advances from three hours to 19 hours, as well as for the regions of Valparaíso and of Concepción.

"I ask everyone to go home and spend a day as normal as possible tomorrow," Iturriaga said at a press conference.

"I am convinced that it is the right thing to do to protect the lives of people, the vast majority of the city who wants to live in peace and normality," he added.

"I ask everyone to organize and go home, rest and tomorrow we will be able to cope with as normal a work week as possible, so please, vandals." who are in the street, we will act against them to prevent people from continuing to suffer and may be affected especially with integrity, "he warned.

In Santiago, the curfew will be like that from 19h to 6h on Monday. In the case of the regions of Biobío and Valparaíso, the curfew will begin at 20:00.

On the other hand, the mayor of the metropolitan region of Santiago, Karla Rubilar, announced that contacts with the Minister of Education, Marcela Cubillos, and the mayors of the region were suspended in 43 of the 52 municipalities of the metropolitan region .

Moreover, the prosecutor's office is already investigating the gunfire fired by the army during a looting in the early hours of this Sunday in the district of Puente Alto in Santiago de Chile.

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Tension in Chile: three deaths in a supermarket fire