is the first time since Pinochet. Three deaths in the riots

Curfew from 10 pm to 7 am proclaimed in Santiago de Chile and surroundings. It was decreed by General Javier Iturriaga del Campo, in charge of security in Santiago de Chile during the state of emergency declared after the violence of recent days. The BBC reports this. The army will help the police patrol the streets during the emergency declared for 15 days, during which the authorities will be able to restrict freedom of movement and assembly.

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Thousands of protesters attacked the subway stations in recent days: Iturriaga spoke of 41 out of 136 stations vandalized, but then President Sebastian Pinera counted over 78. Police reported 156 agents and 11 civilians injured, and over 300 people arrested. Cultural and sporting events have been canceled and the shops were closed yesterday, as well as the entire underground transport network. Hundreds of soldiers are garrisoning the streets of Santiago, for the first time since 1990, when Chile returned to democracy after the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

Three people lost their lives during the riots in Chile. This was announced by the local Radio Bio Bio. The deaths occurred in a fire that broke out in a looted supermarket in the municipality of San Bernardo. Firefighters found two charred bodies while a third died in the hospital. In several cities in the country, supermarkets and shops have been looted, in an atmosphere of chaos due to the events started in Santiago due to the increase in public transport prices.

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