Protests in Lima: four soldiers injured in clashes between vandals and police

A group of protesters attacked national police officers who formed a cordon at the intersection of Abancay and Nicolás de Pierola avenues in Cercado de Lima, on a new day of protests against the government Dina Boluarte.

The demonstrators who came out of Avenue Miguel Grau and when they came to the aforesaid crossroads, they began to throw bottles and stones at the cordon of policemen which had been set up to keep these people out of Congress.

At present, the entrance to Abankay Avenue in this place is blocked by security bars in all its lanes. Protestants sought to remove these bars; however, police officers responded with tear gas to disperse them.

attack on troops

After that, the demonstrators retreated several meters to a height chop leticiawhere they again focused. Despite this, the attacks on the troops did not stop and they continued to throw stones at them.

These men began destroying curbs and sidewalks to obtain cement blocks, which they used to attack the agents.

Faced with an attack by protesters with rocks and blunt objects, National Police he retreated, so that the multi-purpose machines providing them with support moved to the first line. Meanwhile, a group of protesters tried to remove the bars blocking Abankay Avenue.

Protesters continued to throw stones at soldiers, injuring four agents and moving them to other locations to assist firefighters.

police action

In statements from the RPP Noticias, General Jorge Angulo, head Operational Command of the National Police of Peru, indicated that this group of protesters, as in previous days, showed a hostile attitude. However, he indicated that it was a “small group” of protesters.

He also indicated that the troops stationed in the area are in control of the situation and will not allow them to continue their offensive on Abankay Avenue to damage public facilities such as Congress and public service.

“We are warning and seeing through the images being circulated that this is a somewhat small group of protesters whose aggressive and hostile attitude is already being repeated in the presence of the National Police,” he said.

“We are not going to allow and have not allowed them to take places so that they can make these excesses, they are quickly controlled, reduced and in many cases delayed,” he added.