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Scuffles, fire and water cannon as teachers, students protest in Chile

4 July 2019
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2019-07-04 11:59

Violence in the streets of Santiago, Chile on Wednesday as riot police came up against protesters calling for greater education funding. Officers used a water cannon to subdue the crowd after a molotov cocktail started a fire on a police vehicle and protesters threw rocks at officers. A number of arrests were made. 

Protesters accused police of using heavy-handed tactics against them. Wednesday's protest comes after teachers agreed to extend strike action after they rejected measures from the government to end the deadlock on education funding.

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