1 killed in clashes at demonstration
Violent clashes between police and protesters commemorating the killing of two leftists during Chile’s 1973-90 dictatorship left one person dead, nine officers injured and more than 230 demonstrators in custody, authorities said.
The fatality was a 23-year-old man shot by masked demonstrators who claimed he was an infiltrator, Santiago Gov. Alvaro Erazo said.
The protests broke out Saturday night and lasted into the next morning in several working-class neighborhoods in the capital Santiago. Police used tear gas and water cannons against hundreds of protesters commemorating the “Day of the Young Combatant,” which marks the killing by police 23 years ago of two young brothers during Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.
Deputy Interior Minister Felipe Harboe said that among the people arrested, those caught carrying arms or Molotov cocktails would face charges.
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