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The Last day, demonstrations were again registered in Plaza Baquedano, as every Friday, which brought together about half a thousand people, but those who also had incidents and clashes between hooded men and Carabineros Public Order Control personnel.
The disorders, later, were transferred to the Bellas Artes and Lastarria neighborhoods, where several local, like restaurants and bars, were attacked by vandals face covered, who used part of their furniture to erect barricades in the sector.
Facts that can be seen in videos published by the neighbors themselves, who accuse that they have been “kidnapped” for about a year and a half -after the social outbreak- by subjects who cause destruction and also “attack workers and clients” in the sector.
There is nothing to justify this level of violence and aggression. My solidarity with all the SMEs, restaurants and workers of this emblematic sector of Stgo. Once again a call to reciprocal respect and to reject violence. https://t.co/fmRJGFSUXg
– Claudio Orrego L. (@Orrego) February 27, 2021
From the political world reacted to these events the former mayor Claudio Orrego (DC), today candidate of the Constituent Unit to the Regional Government. “There is nothing to justify this level of violence and aggression. My solidarity with all the SMEs, restaurants and workers of this emblematic sector of Santiago. Once again, a call to reciprocal respect and reject violence“, expressed on Twitter.
Another who referred to these events was the academic and urban planner Ivan Poduje, who harshly summoned the president of the Senate, Adriana Muñoz, one of the promoters of the controversial bill to pardon the detainees after the social outbreak, which some sectors consider “political prisoners.”
“These criminals who harass workers and destroy neighborhoods, will they also be pardoned in their project Senator @_adrianamunoz? How long will they support these thugs?”
Will these criminals who harass workers and destroy neighborhoods, will also be pardoned in their senatorial bill? @adrianamunoz?
How long will they support these thugs? https://t.co/usBxiD97aw
– Ivan Poduje (@ipoduje) February 27, 2021
In turn, the ultra-rightist and leader of the Republicans, Jose Antonio Kast, raised that “the right to work, enjoy and walk quietly through the streets of Santiago is also a human right; and the time has come to defend it”, while criticizing that “Carabineros is tied by the hands and cannot enforce the law, while these hooligans do what they want protected by human rights “.
TENANT SHOTS
Meanwhile, within the framework of these disturbances, a tenant, owner of a botillery, at the corner of Lastarria and Merced, came out with a pistol to repel gunfire, supposedly looting. As the police informed the press, it was a compromised air weapon and the tenant only found injuries and was not arrested.
However, the medium Radio Villa France, who published the video of the shooting on social networks, said that the tenant “began to pepper people in Merced with Lastarria, the protesters fought back, until the subject started shooting people “, while -according to the publication- Carabineros watched.
This is very serious!
1 [VIDEO] Man began to pepper people in Merced with Lastarria, the protesters defended themselves, until the subject began to shoot at people, while the police observed the situation.If you had worked at a traffic light? pic.twitter.com/bcqeTKsBHK
– Radio Villa Francia (@rvfradiopopular) February 27, 2021
The day of protests and riots ended with 23 people arrested and eight police officers injured, one of them seriously injured due to a fracture, the institution reported.
FIRE DURING THE NIGHT AFFECTED SERNAMEG AND CIVIL DEFENSE
But it was not the only thing that happened yesterday, because during the night a structural fire, which mobilized a score of cars from the Santiago Fire Department, was registered in Villavicencio with José Victorino Lastarria, which generated the risk of propagation and landslides.
According 24 hours, the emergency, which was controlled around 03:00 hours today, affected the offices of the SernamEG located on the upper floors of the structure; and according to Meganoticias, also to dependencies of Civil defense.
The causes of the loss are investigated by Firefighters.
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