The Public Assistance Emergency Hospital confirmed in a statement that the 19-year-old student shot this Friday in a march called by the Confederation of Students of Chile (Confech), is out of vital risk. According to the first information, the shot was fired by a Carabineros official.
“Regarding the clinical situation of the 19-year-old patient admitted to the Public Assistance Emergency Hospital for an injury attributable to a projectile in the chest region, we inform that he was referred by SAMU ambulance from the Santa Lucía sector,” they said in the statement.
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“Upon arrival at our hospital, he was evaluated by the emergency team, confirming the injuries and granting the necessary medical benefits,” they pointed out, adding that “he is hospitalized outside of vital risk and under observation.”
The incident occurred on Diagonal Paraguay street with Alameda, within the framework of the march called by Confech, in which they demanded to increase the amount of the Food Scholarship for Higher Education (BAES), which remains at $32,000 pesos. monthly 10 years ago.
Protesters caught the incident on video, and it was later posted on social media. In the record, a Carabineros official is observed pointing his gun at a group of march participants. At the time of firing the bullet, it is not clear whether he fired it into the air or directly at people.
Meanwhile, the government spokeswoman, Camila Vallejo, described the event as “extremely serious” and indicated that the Prosecutor’s Office will initiate an investigation and that the Carabineros will carry out an internal summary.
For its part, the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH) is considering presenting legal actions, according to the background information they have collected.
