Students trampled to death (video)
Four people have been killed after being trampled to death by a gas grenade during a university election in Bolivia
Four students were trampled to death after a chemical agent leaked inside the sports hall of an admitted university in Bolivia on Monday, police said. According to reports, 80 people were injured.
Rector Pedro Lopez said students gathered inside the building at the Thomas Frias Autonomous University in the southern city of Potos to elect their representatives to the local university federation.
The meeting immediately fell into disarray after someone threw an object into the crowd. Some reports say it was a tear gas grenade.
Videos and photos posted on social media show people fleeing the building and then leaning towards fellow students lying on the ground.
3# Last minute 4 killed and 50 injured students from Bolivia's Thomas Frias Autonomous University after being trampled by a human.# International #Notidiarion pic.twitter.com/JUevqNGloT
– NOTIDIARIOHN (@notidiarioohn) May 9, 2022
Police said that a student of the university has also been arrested. They did not disclose his identity or comment on possible motives.
President Luis Alberto Ars Catacora has expressed his condolences to the victims.
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