One dead in Peru clashes
Peru's capital Lima over plans to relocate market vendors to a new site.
One person was killed and more than 40 injured as clashes erupted after
police blockaded the area where the vendors normally sell their
produce. They hurled stones and bottles at the police who responded with
tear gas. One riot police officer fell off his horse and was set upon
by the protesters. Police said they were carrying out a local council
order to move the market after complaints that it was unhygienic. But
vendors accused the police of using live bullets and being unnecessarily
brutal. This woman says they had no consideration. "We are human beings
and we need to be able to work," she says. They say they don't want to
move to a newly constructed market because the rents there are too high
and customers would be unwilling to travel there. Authorities say the
fatality was a 32-year-old man killed by a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
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