translated from Spanish: Chile commotion: protester was thrown from a bridge by carabinieri

The fall of a protester from a bridge to a river canal has untied a new wave of criticism and repudiation of carabinieri repressions. Images recorded at the site show how the young man falls into the canal of a river after being thrown down the railing of a bridge at the hands of a police officer during a demonstration in Santiago, Chile.

The National Institute of Human Rights (INDH), which has monitored the social outburst since it began in October 2019, assured that the young man is stable and asked the Carabinieri to “clarify the situation”. Carabineros, for his part, denied the images and denied the involvement of police officers during the incident. The facts are being investigated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Children’s Ombudsman’s Office said he will be complaining about crimes of thwarted murder against the agent involved.

In this image there is no room for political positions. The institutional use of force implies responsibility.
The respect of an institution like @Carabdechile is earned by clarifying a fact like this without folds and with total honesty. pic.twitter.com/81obYLKlzz — Ximena Ossandón (@nonaossandon)
October 3, 2020

“There is no room for political positions in these images. The institutional use of force implies responsibility,” deputy Ximena Ossandón said, on her Twitter account, Opposition MP Raúl Soto pointed out against the questioned CEO of Carabineros, Mario Rozas: “Under his tenure the human rights of protesters in our country have been violated, from the social outburst to date.”

Ensure that the injured person is a minor-Photo: Reuters

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