16 injured in new protests in Peru
- March 5, 2023
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Number of wounded in Anti-government protests this Saturday in the Peruvian city of Juli (south) have grown to 16 people.including a teenager, on the day protesters attacked and
Number of wounded in Anti-government protests this Saturday in the Peruvian city of Juli (south) have grown to 16 people.including a teenager, on the day protesters attacked and burned down the Peruvian National Police (PNP) station in that city.
The population of Julie reacted to the decision of the police disperse them with tear gas dropped from helicopters and the group went to the police station to throw stones at it and set it on fire.
He The army also took to the streets to control the protesters.but the soldiers were surrounded in the village and attacked by some groups.
The ombudsman’s office said this Saturday that he had checked 16 wounded, 10 civilians and six soldiersas a result of confrontation between residents and law enforcement forces due to the arson of a police station.
In the Puno district in which Juli is located, since January last year, when its residents took to the streets, demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and a brutal crackdown resulted in the deaths of 18 people in the nearby town of Juliaca.
This week, a delegation of its residents arrived in Lima to insist on call for an early general electionbut a group of women with small children in their arms were put down with tear gas by the police, which unnerved their compatriots.
Ombudsman calls for calm
Ombudsman made “an urgent call for calm and non-violence in July” and added that the prosecutor’s office should investigate the violence this Saturday and the causes of the injuries inflicted on the victims.
For its part, the Chucuito Health Network in Puno explained that seven of the injured were being treated at Rafael Ortiz Ravines Hospital in Juli, including minor under the age of 13 due to tear gas poisoningand a 48-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his right hand.
Chucuito Juli provincial mayor Victor Raul Anchapuri has asked the government, military and police not to suppress his people and “not to use firearms or other items that could harm the population that is fighting,” according to a statement circulated on social media. .
Marches continue in Lima
In Lima, a march called in the center of the capital split into several groups as the police prevented them from advancing to the Government Palace or the Congress, and resorted to tear gas to disperse protestersmany of whom came from the southern regions of Puno or Apurimac.
Since last December, when protests erupted following the failed coup of former President Pedro Castillo, The protests killed 70 people.
According to the ombudsman’s office, 48 people were killed in clashes with law enforcement, with one policeman killed by being burned alive and 11 others by protesters’ checkpoints.
President Boluarte confirmed another death from the same causes, the death of a patient who needed to get to Lima but was detained in the blockade, and UNICEF reported the death of an unborn child, in addition to the death of a woman in the northern part of the country. La Freedom area, police said.
On 19 January, Prime Minister Alberto Otarola confirmed the deaths of four Haitian citizens, and a few days later, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Aknur) increased the number to seven stranded Haitians. adverse climatic conditions and limited access to basic services. (EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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