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The National Institute of Human Rights (INDH) urged to clarify “as soon as possible” the operation of Carabineros in the Carlos Macera Home in Talcahuano, belonging to the Ciudad del Niño Ricardo Espinosa Foundation, a collaborating body of the National Service for Minors (Sename), where at least two teenagers were shot.
The Director of the NHRI, Sergio Micco He reacted by demanding that all the state organs involved participate “diligently” to clarify the facts and “that he know the truth as soon as possible.
“Who requested the intervention of the Carabineros in a center where there are children in the custody of the State?”, it called, while considering it necessary to report “what type of action those children and adolescents carried out that could justify the Carabineros’ reaction” and “what protocols were applied.”
“We need a clear word from the CarabinerosThat the Intednencia (of Biobío) and the Ministry of the Interior disclose the facts and, by the way, that the Ministry of Justice also participate in the clarification of the truth, “he also urged.
“The public consternation that these events have caused requires urgent, diligent action that is indispensable,” Micco said.
🔴 Director of the NHRI, Sergio Micco, refers to the shooting by Carabineros against children of the Sename residence in Hualpén. pic.twitter.com/bNwPuOVB3f
– NHRI Chile (inddhh) November 19, 2020
The Public Ministry reported that it instructed the Human Rights Unit of the Homicide Brigade (BH) of the Concepción Investigative Police (PDI) to clarify the facts, in which a policeman also ended up with a cutting wound.
Las Higueras Hospital reported that the victims are 14 and 17 years old and they are treated in the non-respiratory emergency room. They are out of vital risk, however the oldest of them had to undergo surgery.
While monitoring the health status of the minors shot, the Biobío INDH also attended the Fourth Police Station of Hualpén to verify the situation of adolescents detained in the context of the same event.
UNICEF CONDEMNS ACTING OF CARABINEROS
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) in Chile, it issued a statement after the fact was known, in which it expressed its condemnation of the Carabineros acting and requested “the Government to collect the background information to clarify the events that occurred.
In that context, remember that “No situation justifies the Carabineros using firearms to contain incidents involving minors, especially if they are under the protection of the State. “
“Carabineros has the obligation to apply special protocols when its procedures affect minors, they must be aimed at protecting their rights and guaranteeing their physical integrity, “he says.
We ask the government to collect the background information to clarify the events that occurred. No situation justifies the Carabineros using firearms to contain incidents involving minors, especially if they are under the protection of the State.
– UNICEF Chile (@UnicefChile) November 19, 2020
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