Chile: Doubts about the origin of violence in student protests

On Wednesday Aug. 8, thousands of students tried to march on the Mall in an unauthorized protest by the City of the nation's capital. When they tried to begin your road to Heroes Square, the police started throwing tear gas and water to avoid the quota to move on. The group decided to withdraw and avoid confrontation, but a handful of hooded vandals reacted by attacking three public transport buses and bringing intimidating drivers and users, stoning machines and then setting them on fire.

These acts of violence prompted the government accused the students to create an environment conducive to abuses with their protests, while some protesters speculated that the vandals were part of a strategy to motivate public opinion to favor the adoption of the Anti Act -protest or Hinzpeter Act . In addition, joined the dispute the claim made by the Student Federation of the University of Chile (FECH) that the police had thrown tear gas into his home that day.

Bus burnt during student protests on August 8, 2012. Stock Mario_Tellez Tellez, copyright Demotix.

Boric Gabriel ( @ gabrielboric ), President of the FECh questioned:

@ Gabrielboric : I q d burning buses is # assembly . ¿Q makes an empty micro 1/2 d the street just as law is pending ...

Cid Gonzalo Vega ( @ gonzalocidv ), leader of the Movement for Sexual Diversity MUMS, went further and rejected:

@ Gonzalocidv : # Yoapoyoalosestudiantes and condemn the assemblies, as many buses burned in the face of police ..

On the other hand, Alfonso Henriquez (@ alfonsohenri ) referred to the Chilean educational system regarding allegations of assembly:

@ Alfonsohenri : # yoapoyoalosestudiantes assembly because the worst of all is the Chilean education system unfair. "

The citizen journalism portal Common Sense collected photos and impressions of surfers during the protest in this post photo in showing difficult or doubtful which were then discussed in various social networks. Users Speak Out Chile also shared this video showing a police car carrying tires near where after riots.

The TV host Jesus Karol Lucero V ( @ Karol_LuceroV ) ruled against violence echoing what many commented on social networks.

@ Karol_LuceroV : # YoApoyoalosEstudiantes but never masked criminals who tarnish the common denominator of movement ... Stop Violence!

Boric Simon Font ( @ sboric ) supported the convictions and said:

@ Sboric : Violence is not good to move. The FECh, @ gabrielboric and Camilla have been emphatic in ESO. Condemned 1 and mill times.

The band's official account Illapu ( @ Illapu ) emphasized the responsibility of the police:

@ Illapu : Headquarters of the FECH is besieged by throwing tear gas FFEE q are the leaders in, if this is not cause, which is it?

To which the designer Jacque Torrejón ( @ jacque_83 ) said:

@ Jacque_83 : @ Illapu not cause burning buses? if there are criminals in the CONFECH not have to be removed? Pffff

For his part, Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter, described as "ridiculous to say that burning of three buses was staged" in an interview given to a television channel, adding that "there is a set of leaders who by now are More political leaders, who have done their agenda running out of topic because everything has been addressed seriously by Congress. "

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