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Chilean police officers set on fire by Molotov cocktails thrown by protesters

Chilean police officers
November 6, 2019
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SANTIAGO, CHILE – Two Chilean police officers trying to drive off protesters in Chile’s capital were set on fire after demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails in direction of the officers.

Dramatic photos from Santiago on Monday showed members of the city’s special forces quickly jumping into action after the cocktails were thrown, using fire extinguishers and their hands to put out the flames.

One officer could be seen visibly grimacing in pain as her colleagues tried to extinguish the fire fluttering around her face.

The two Chilean police officers – Maria Jose Hernandez Torres, 25, and Abigail Catalina Aburto Cardenas, 20 – were in serious condition at a hospital in Santiago, Reuters reported.

Chile has been facing weeks of unrest, triggered by an increase in subway fares. As a result, the protests have shaken a nation noted for economic stability over the past decades, which has seen steadily declining poverty despite persistent high rates of inequality, according to the report.

Jorge Silva, the Reuters chief photographer in South East Asia who is in Chile covering the protests, said he was standing close to the Baquedano metro station when he saw a flare out of the corner of his eye.

“I realized a police officer had been set on fire by a Molotov and her team were trying to extinguish the fire,” he said.

The incident sparked an immediate response from police, Henry Romero, another Reuters reporter, said.

“From that moment things intensified, the police began to use a lot of gas and rubber bullets, the noise of the repeated fire was loud,” he said.


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The country’s interior minister visited the two police officers in the hospital and denounced the attack as “pure violence … nothing to do with the legitimate demands of citizens.”

“It was a violent, cowardly aggression against two police officers who were working to protect the safety of our compatriots,” he said, according to Reuters.

Chileans have poured into the streets demanding better salaries and pensions, and a more equal distribution of wealth. A gathering in Santiago on Tuesday drew just 2,000 to 2,500 people, according to an estimate by Felipe Guevara, mayor of the Santiago metropolitan region, Fox News reported.

The unrest began 19 days ago over a hike to subway fares, but it has grown into a massive movement demanding a broad range of changes. Chile’s center-right government has responded with a host of proposed social improvements, which must still be approved by Congress.

(Feature image screenshot Fox News)

 


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