- Title: Student protest against corruption turns violent in Colombia
- Date: 11th October 2019
- Summary: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (OCTOBER 10, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS, POLICE AND PROTESTERS IN FRONT OF THE PALACE OF JUSTICE IN BOGOTA'S BOLIVAR SQUARE PROTESTERS THROWING ROCKS AT POLICE POLICE SHIELDING THEMSELVES PROTESTERS THROWING ROCKS / POLICE RETREAT PROTESTERS DISPERSING POLICE ON PALACE OF JUSTICE VARIOUS, POLICE ADVANCE TOWARDS PROTESTERS PROTESTERS RETREATING AS STUN GRENADES / TEAR GAS BOMBS GO OFF PROTESTERS SEEN IN FRONT OF BOGOTA'S MAIN CATHEDRAL POLICE DISPERSING PROTESTERS VARIOUS, LARGE CROWD OF STUDENTS MARCHING TO PROTEST CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC EDUCATION SIGN READING (Spanish) "I WANT PEACE, I WANT LOVE, NO MORE VIOLENCE PLEASE" (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COLOMBIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT, DANIEL ROJAS, SAYING: "We want to show that students are united, we're conscious, we're fighting for a better future, and we're not going to let this government do whatever they want not only to us but to the rest of Colombian society." VARIOUS, LARGE CROWD OF STUDENT PROTESTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COLOMBIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT, STEVEN REY, SAYING: "It's not just providing an education and providing it even if it's bad. We came out to march, to defend public education and to draw attention to the acts of corruption that happened at the Distrital University this year and throughout the history of Colombian public education which has been twisted by acts of corruption." VARIOUS, STUDENTS PROTESTING
- Embargoed: 25th October 2019 01:06
- Keywords: tear gas rocks violence university students corruption riot police public education crowd protest Colombia
- Location: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
- City: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
- Country: Colombia
- Topics: Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0IOU2V
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:A largely peaceful student protest against alleged acts of corruption in public education turned violent when some protesters hurled stones at police guarding the entrance to Bogota's Palace of Justice on Thursday (October 10).
Police had to beat a retreat as they were pelted by large rocks thrown by masked protesters, but eventually regrouped and dispersed the demonstrators from Bogota's iconic Bolivar Plaza.
Thursday saw major protests by students in cities throughout Colombia according to local media.
According to local media, the ex-director of the Extension Institute of the Distrital University has been accused of improper use of some 10.49 billion Colombian pesos ($3,021,749 USD).
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