Death toll rises to 13 in ongoing Chile protests

ANKARA

The death toll in Chile rose to 13 amid violent demonstrations against a metro price hike, Spanish news agency EFE reported late Monday.

Most of the deaths were caused during Sunday’s looting when shops set on fire.

The Chilean government declared a 15-day state of emergency on Saturday, extending it later from north to south.

In addition to the Metropolitan Region, home to some 7 million people, emergency was also extended in Valparaiso, Concepcion, Rancagua, Coquimbo and La Serena, and Antofagasta.

"We are at war against a powerful enemy, one willing to use violence without bounds," Sebastian Pinera, Chile's president, said in a live Twitter broadcast late Sunday.

Stressing that it is not the time for ambiguity, Pinera called on Chileans to unite against violence and delinquency.

ANKARA

The death toll in Chile rose to 13 amid violent demonstrations against a metro price hike, Spanish news agency EFE reported late Monday.

Most of the deaths were caused during Sunday’s looting when shops set on fire.

The Chilean government declared a 15-day state of emergency on Saturday, extending it later from north to south.

In addition to the Metropolitan Region, home to some 7 million people, emergency was also extended in Valparaiso, Concepcion, Rancagua, Coquimbo and La Serena, and Antofagasta.

"We are at war against a powerful enemy, one willing to use violence without bounds," Sebastian Pinera, Chile's president, said in a live Twitter broadcast late Sunday.

Stressing that it is not the time for ambiguity, Pinera called on Chileans to unite against violence and delinquency.