Violence escalates at Honduras student protests amid molotov cocktails & police fire (VIDEOS)
Honduran military police opened fire at protesters outside the national university, injuring five people. Authorities said live ammunition was used in response to molotov cocktails which injured officers.
Protests demanding the resignation of the country's president, Juan Orlando Hernandez, have intensified in recent weeks as momentum gathers against privatization and austerity measures targeting the health and education sectors.
¡Condenable! La Policía Militar entra a la UNAH y abre fuego contra los estudiantes. #SOSHonduraspic.twitter.com/fdAW4dUpVk
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“About 40 military police entered the university campus without authorization,” Armando Sarmiento, director of institutional development at the Tegucigalpa-based university, told AFP. The military police reportedly pursued the students across the campus “shooting them with live rounds,” Sarmiento added.
Five students were treated at a local hospital for bullet wounds but their injuries were not life-threatening.
https://www.rt.com/news/462634-protesters-injured-honduras-violence/