IED

IED event in Chile on Wed 23rd October 2024

23rd October 2024

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Authorities say a homemade firebomb has exploded inside a public high school in Chile and ignited a blaze that injured at least 35 students. Police say a group of students at the school in central Santiago were making Molotov cocktails in the bathroom to be thrown at a street protest later in the day. It was not clear what caused the blast. Authorities said 11 of the students at the prestigious Barros Arana National Boarding School were in serious condition. Santiago has a history of student activism stretching back decades.

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