Reply #39: "He was treated for the effects of the gas at the National Police Hospital" [View All]

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Quote from here:

In pictures: Ecuador unrest
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11448098


I also heard at the time (live on CNN International) that he was hit on the head by a tear gas cannister.

This is the only news report I've found so far that relates to that incident..

Ecuador in chaos as police put president to hospital

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Correa, the first Ecuadorean president to win two terms in a row, said he had been taken to hospital after "a tear gas grenade blew up right next to my face" during his speech at a police barracks. Correa is unable to leave the building, which is surrounded by an angry crowd, chanting "Long live civil war!"

"It seems that the hospital is under siege," Correa said, adding that the uprising was "a conspiracy planned long ago."

The president said he was set to leave the ward "as soon as possible" and will not negotiate with protestors unless the violence comes to a halt.

"I will leave it (the hospital) as president, or they will have to carry my corpse out of here," he added.

From: http://en.rian.ru/world/20101001/160785078.html

Pics also posted here: http://www.businessinsider.com/potential-coup-in-ecuador-check-out-the-photos-here-2010-9#-6


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