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Chilean president removes police chief after shooting controversy
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS DECEMBER 20, 2018 / 5:36 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Chilean president removes police chief after shooting controversy
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera asked the country’s police chief to resign on Thursday following a growing controversy over the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of an indigenous man in southern Chile.
Last month, Camilo Catrillanca, the grandson of a local Mapuche leader, was shot in the head during a police operation near the town of Ercilla, 480 miles (773 km) south of Santiago in the province of Araucania.
Police originally said they had acted in self-defense when they fired on Catrillanca, a suspect in a recent car theft and assault, but the government and subsequent police reports found that he was unarmed.
The incident prompted fury among opposition parties and human rights activists and triggered widespread protests throughout Chile.
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Chilean president removes police chief after shooting controversy
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera asked the country’s police chief to resign on Thursday following a growing controversy over the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of an indigenous man in southern Chile.
Last month, Camilo Catrillanca, the grandson of a local Mapuche leader, was shot in the head during a police operation near the town of Ercilla, 480 miles (773 km) south of Santiago in the province of Araucania.
Police originally said they had acted in self-defense when they fired on Catrillanca, a suspect in a recent car theft and assault, but the government and subsequent police reports found that he was unarmed.
The incident prompted fury among opposition parties and human rights activists and triggered widespread protests throughout Chile.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-mapuche-shooting/chilean-president-removes-police-chief-after-shooting-controversy-idUSKCN1OJ2X1