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Teenage suicide sparks deadly uprising in southwest Colombia
by Adriaan Alsema May 15, 2021
The suicide of a 17-year-old girl who accused police of sexual abuse sparked an uprising in southwest Colombia that left at least one person dead, 35 injured and the local police jail destroyed.
The news of the suicide of the ICT student dropped a bomb on Colombia and turned anti-government protests into a violent uprising in the city of Popayan on Friday.
On her Instagram account, the girl had decried how she had been sexually harassed after being detained by members of the loathed riot police unit ESMAD on Wednesday.
The commander of the police in southwest Colombia, General Ricardo Alarcon, told media that the dead girl's claims were “fake news” despite evidence indicating the opposite.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/teenage-suicide-sparks-deadly-uprising-in-southwest-colombia/
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