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Chile Protest: Child Killed As Toll Rises To 18

  A four-year-old child was killed during the latest round of protests in Chile, raising the death toll from five days of social unrest to … Continue reading Chile Protest: Child Killed As Toll Rises To 18


Photo released by Aton of demonstrators lighting bonfires in Vaparaiso, Chile, on October 19, 2019. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced Saturday the suspension of the increase in the price of metro tickets which triggered violent protests. Sebastián CISTERNAS / ATON CHILE / AFP
Photo released by Aton of demonstrators lighting bonfires in Vaparaiso, Chile, on October 19, 2019.  AFP

 

A four-year-old child was killed during the latest round of protests in Chile, raising the death toll from five days of social unrest to 18, a top Chilean security official said Wednesday.

The child and an adult man were killed Tuesday when a drunk driver rammed into a crowd of protesters, Interior Undersecretary Rodrigo Ubilla said. A third person died from injuries sustained in a beating by police, according to the victim’s family.

AFP