Three people have been killed by a fire inside a supermarket in
Santiago during a second night of protests in Chile.
Two died at the scene and the other died after being taken to
hospital, mayor Karla Rubilar told reporters.
President Sebastián Piñera has suspended a rise in metro fares that
sparked the protests, but unrest has continued despite the
announcement.
Soldiers and tanks were deployed after the government declared a state
of emergency and imposed a night curfew.
The protests have broadened to reflect general discontent about the
high cost of living in one of Latin America’s most stable countries.
The unrest, the worst in decades, has exposed divisions in the nation,
one of the region’s wealthiest but also one of its most unequal, and
intensified calls for economic reforms.
