March Z: Pyrotechnics launch to police (video)

There were excesses of violence on both sides. The Protest of generation Z Against the Government and Congress ended up becoming a field of confrontation.

Protesters threw pyrotechnic artifacts and iron agents, in addition to burning public roads.

Protesters launched pyrotechnics against the police. (Video: Tiktok)

Police responded with tearful bombs and baline shots that, although they say they are not pellets – are equally harmful.

The result was a worrying balance: nine injured troops, according to police sources cited by Peru21. On the side of the protesters, the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) reported 18 injured young people.

Violence worsened at the intersection of Abancay Avenue with Jirón Junín, when Protestants tried to force the iron cords to force to make their way to Parliament. It was there that the police intensified repression with tear gas and balines.

They hit the old man

In another episode, an old man was beaten by a police officer with a baston in the head, which caused him a visible bleeding.

The Police issued a statement announcing that he will investigate the aggression committed by his cash.

What began as a massive and peaceful mobilization of the Z generation ended up becoming chaos scenes that weakened the initial message of the protest.

They assaulted journalist

The reporter Julio Ballón was beaten by police officers, as shown by this video

They threw Belmont

Before the outbreak of the pitched battle at the crossing of Abancay and Colmena, An incident occurred with Ricardo Belmontpresidential candidate of the works party.

The politician tried to sneak into the mobilization, but the young people expelled him between shouts and shoves –as happened last week with other candidates-, and they even threw a blunt object that, fortunately, only touched his head.

This is how Belmont was expelled from the march. (Video: Viatvperú)

After that episode, a direct confrontation was unleashed: the protesters launched pyrotechnic artifacts against the police, which responded with tear gas and baline shots.

Then, the confrontation returned to the Plaza San Martín, where the young people set fire and destroyed the can of the can that surrounded the area in remodeling.

According to the police institution, a protester was arrested and transferred to the PNP Social Affairs Unit.

During the protest, he caught the attention that transporter and young leaders asked for the liberation of Samuel

Flag One Piece

The former Chief of the Dini and the DIRCOTE, a retreat colonel of the PNP, Max Anhuamán, said that the Pirate Flag of One Piece, inspired by the anime series of the same name, for now it is not a symbol of violence or fosters it directly.

“It is a cultural emblem of resistance and unit for generation Z, inspired by One Piece. However, its visibility in times of tension, such as the clashes of September 27, makes it vulnerable to being interpreted otherwise by the authorities,” Anhuamán explained.

According to the colonel in retirement, “his true power” lies in congregating crowds, especially young, offering them an identity symbol that transcends the political.

At the beginning of the protests, its use generated alert, since it was related to the revolts in Nepal, where protesters burned the Parliament in protest of restrictions on social networks and that left more than 70 dead.

Until the closing of this edition, the protest remained concentrated in San Martín Square, with the intention of marching back to Congress.

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