‘Expression of brutality’: Chilean churches burned amid anti-government protests

Published October 19, 2020 3:49pm ET



Protesters in Chile burned two churches Sunday night, after anti-government protests in the capital city of Santiago became violent.

Videos showed masked protesters setting La Asuncion church on fire, as well as San Francisco Borja church, a 19th-century church that the city police department uses for official ceremonies. Protesters cheered as the flaming spire of La Asuncion crashed to the ground.

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