A police officer is attacked and burned to death by protesters in Peru as the death toll from demonstrations in the wake of the ousting of former president Pedro Castillo rises.
abc.net.au/news/policeman-burned-to-death-during-violent-clashes-in-peru/101846368A Peruvian police officer has been attacked and burned to death by protesters as the death toll from demonstrations in the wake of the ousting of former president Pedro Castillo has risen to 47, according to authorities.
Mr Villasante was taken to a hospital in Lima with multiple head injuries after being beaten, and he said he was unaware of what was happening to his partner. Peru's ombudsman's office said that since the protests began in early December after Mr Castillo's dismissal, 39 civilians had been killed in clashes with police, and another seven had died in traffic accidents, as well as the fallen police officer.as protests seeking immediate elections resumed in neglected rural areas of the country still loyal to the former president.
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