Carabineros clarifies that the tear gas that hit a child under 14 years of age “corresponded to a rebound with a fence”

In a new commemoration of 11 of September in Villa France, neighbors reported that a child under 14 years old received the impact of a lachrymatory bomb triggered by Carabinieri.

The young man was transferred to San Borja hospital, due to a mandibular fracture caused by impact.

Carabineros, for their part, clarified through their bill Twitter which corresponded to “a rebound from a fence that accidentally hit him in the face“.

From the institution they added that this version was “delivered by the injured man himself at the health center”, so they did not deny the facts.

In relation to this publication, we clarify that it corresponded to a rebound with a fence that accidentally hit him in the face, a version delivered by the injured himself in the medical center according to a medical certificate. pic.twitter.com/d10C3ZtpCx

– Carabineros de Chile (@Carabdechile) September 12, 2020