At least 3 people died after a supermarket in Santiago, Chile, was set alight by demonstrators as several days of rioting over an increase in public transportation costs continued.
Santiago governor Karla Rubilar confirmed that three people died in a supermarket in the capital that was set on fire by demonstrators on Saturday.Claudio Reyes / AFP - Getty Images
"We regret to inform that according to preliminary information from Chilean police two people were found fatally burned in San Bernardo and a seriously injured person was moved to hospital where they died," she said in a tweet on Sunday. She did not name the supermarket. Flights operated by Chile's biggest airlines LATAM and another, Sky Airline, were suspended or delayed on Sunday morning after a curfew, a public transportation shutdown and continued rioting left flight crews struggling to get to work, Rubilar said.LATAM Chile tweeted that due to the public order situation its flights into and out of Santiago were being affected.
Walmart Chile confirmed that it would close its stores across the country after 60 were damaged in the unrest in Santiago and its surroundings, Valparaíso, Antofagasta, Calama, Concepción, San Antonio and Temuco.
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