264 protesters arrested during clashes in Chile on Pinochet coup anniversary
264 protesters arrested during clashes in Chile on Pinochet coup anniversary
SANTIAGO - Agence France-Presse
Thursday,September 12 2013
At least 42 policemen were injured and 264 protesters arrested in violent clashes as Chile marked the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power, officials said Sept. 12.
Clashes broke out for a second consecutive night late Sept. 11 night in the suburbs of the capital Santiago - where protesters burned barricades and cut power.
The unrest - signalling the persistent divisions in the South American country - came after conservative President Sebastian Pinera urged fellow citizens "not to forget, but to overcome the traumas of the past" and reconcile at a ceremony marking the September 11, 1973, overthrow of then-president Salvador Allende.
Visiting a hospital with wounded officers Sept. 12, Pinera blamed some of the unrest on organized crime who he said infiltrated the protesters.
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(Organized crime! )