2024-09-25 19:28:29
Lo Barnechea said that “we had to close the access doors and the police decided to use tear gas because some people tried to force their way in.”
The Municipality of Lo Barnechea announced the suspension of the Viva Chile fondas, after a human avalanche forced the intervention of Carabineros and the use of tear gas, which left a balance of 35 injured.
Although the event was free, a ticket had to be downloaded from the municipality’s website, but the crowds meant that not all people with tickets could enter.
In a public statement, Lo Barnechea said that “we had to close the access doors and the police decided to use tear gas because some people tried to force their way in,” He added that “some of the attendees had respiratory problems and were referred to the nearest centres.”
For its part, Santiago Firefighters, through the captain on duty, Oscar Bahamondes, detailed that “The main task was to assess the injured, which amounted to 35 people, two of them suffering from panic attacks, who are minors, and one of them with asthma. The rest were due to respiratory issues due to tear gas.”
He added that the people were referred by the SAPU in Lo Barnechea, prior to receiving attention from the Fire Department, which consisted of “assessing the victims and triage to check their health status; most of them had respiratory problems due to the tear gas.”
Regarding the origin of the incidents, the captain on duty indicated that due to “the presence of an artist of great public connotation, there were people who were unable to enter the premises, Linked to this, riots began, which prompted the Carabineros to deploy deterrent measures using tear gas. “That caused people to react like a stampede.”