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Colombia's capital militarized after police brutality sparks deadly protests
by Adriaan Alsema
September 10, 2020
Protests against a police killing of an unarmed man turned violent in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Wednesday, leaving at least seven people dead and 80 arrested.
Peaceful protests organized against police brutality, and the murder of Javier Ordoñez in particular, were disrupted by hooded men who began attacking the police station where the latest victim of police brutality died in the evening.
Throughout Bogota and the neighboring Soacha, violent protesters clashed with he controversial anti-riot police in an eruption of violence that left five civilians dead.
The Defense Ministry said that 53 police stations and posts were attacked, of which 17 ended up incinerated, and that 300 members of the military and 1,600 policemen were sent to restore order in the capital, which woke up militarized.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-capital-militarized-after-police-brutality-sparks-deadly-protests/
