UN team gathers accounts of injuries during Chile's protests

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A United Nations human rights team is gathering testimony about hundreds of people allegedly injured by Chile's police during street protests in recent weeks.

The team on Friday heard accounts about ruptured eyeballs, broken bones and other serious injuries inflicted by police pellets or the impact of tear gas canisters.

Authorities have also noted that at least 76 police officers have been injured in attacks by protesters. On Friday, about 100 people, including doctors and students, spoke for several minutes each to four members of the U.N. mission.

 

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