translated from Spanish: National Institute: Rubilar defended Carabineros and announced legal action

The mayor of the Metropolitan Region, Karla Rubilar, defended the actions of Carabineros after the incidents recorded today at the National Institute and announced that they will complain about what happened. The authority with the seremi of Regional Education, Barbara Soto, and the mayor of Santiago, Felipe Alessandri, opportunity in which the advance of the holidays of the educational precinct was announced. Following the appointment, Rubilar stated that “more than 27 Molotov bombs were dropped in today’s event and in front of that we want to be extremely clear: Carabineros does not need any instruction from the rector, the mayor or the mayor when we are facing a flagrant crime” , according to Emol. In the same vein, he added that “dropping Molotov bombs, which can kill a student, harming the same one who throws it, such as the 17-year-old, or killing an innocent outsider, is a crime. And in the face of that carabinieri acts and will do it whenever necessary.” The regional authority said Carabineros cannot “stare” at these events, so I support him having them come into school to look for “these criminals.” On the use of tear gas, he explained that “tear pumps are part of the protocol and are used when necessary. The risk assessment that was done at the time determined that it was necessary to use them.”

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