SANTIAGO: Chilean football fans set fire to seats, pelted police with missiles and vented their anger towards President Sebastian Pinera during a Copa Libertadores match at the National Stadium on Tuesday amid continuing social unrest in the country. The match between Universidad de Chile and Brazil’s Internacional, the first of a two-leg qualifying encounter, continued as firemen fought the blaze on the terraces, South American media reported. Chile was hit by a wave of unrest last year as people angry at inequality and shabby social services took to the streets. Chile's Riot police members stand guard after Chile's Universidad de Chile supporters setted a fire at the stands during the Copa Libertadores football match against Brazil's Internacional at the National stadium in Santiago, on February 4, 2020. Several human rights groups accuse security forces of violations that range from rape to torture and undue force.

Source: New Strait Times February 05, 2020 02:37 UTC