{"id":412360,"date":"2023-01-21T05:34:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T05:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=412360"},"modified":"2023-01-21T05:34:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T05:34:28","slug":"over-50-injured-in-peru-as-protests-cause-nationwide-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/over-50-injured-in-peru-as-protests-cause-nationwide-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 50 injured in Peru as protests cause &#8216;nationwide chaos&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">LIMA, (SONNA) &#8211; Dozens of Peruvians were injured after tensions flared again on Friday night as police clashed with protesters in anti-government demonstrations that are spreading across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">In the capital Lima, police officers used tear gas to repel demonstrators throwing glass bottles and stones, as fires burned in the streets, local TV footage showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">In the country&#8217;s southern Puno region, some 1,500 protesters attacked a police station in the town of Ilave, Interior Minister Vicente Romero said in a statement to news media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">A police station in Zepita, Puno, was also on fire, Romero said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">Health authorities in Ilave reported eight patients hospitalized with injuries, including broken arms and legs, eye contusions and punctured abdomens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-5\">By late afternoon, 58 people had been injured nationwide in demonstrations, according to a report from Peru&#8217;s ombudsman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-6\">The unrest followed a\u00a0day of turmoil on Thursday, when one of Lima&#8217;s most historic buildings burned to the ground, as President Dina Boluarte vowed to get tougher on &#8220;vandals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-6\">\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-6\"><strong><em>source: Reuters<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIMA, (SONNA) &#8211; Dozens of Peruvians were injured after tensions flared again on Friday night as police clashed with protesters in anti-government demonstrations that are spreading across the country. 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