Chile: Protesters loot church, burn its contents in Santiago

Subscribe to our channel! Protesters in Santiago dragged furniture and religious artefacts out of a Catholic church before setting them on fire in the street, on Friday. Riot police used a water cannon to extinguish the flaming barricade which protesters had assembled from the contents of the La Asuncion church, with the police also deploying tear gas in an attempt to force the protesters to disperse. The nearby University Pedro de Valdivia was also set on fire, with smoke billowing fro
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