Last night widespread anti-police-violence clashes took place across #Colombia after police tasered a man to death in the street. Police responded by using live rounds on protester, killing several already.
Police firing on protesters.
There are reports of several police stations being burned to the ground.
GRAPHIC: Police have killed several protesters in #Colombia. Shots to the head. This is one of several.
Police attacked. Shots fired. This is in #Bogota.
Five people confirmed killed in last night’s anti-police-violence clashes across #Colombia. The government is now sending the military onto the streets to assist police... This is fast getting out of control.
I’ve seen so much footage of police in #Colombia firing live rounds on unarmed protesters last night. Surprised the death toll isn’t higher than five.
This is brutal, but I think everyone needs to see it. It shows police in #Colombia tasing a man last night until he died. Throughout he pleads for them to stop, shouting “Please! Please!” He was apprehended due to being too drunk in the street. This is what kicked off clashes.
More on this (in Spanish). bbc.com/mundo/noticias…
Clashes continue in#Colombia today. See thread.
Follow @InvisiblesMuros for on the ground coverage of the clashes in #Colombia.
#Colombia: For the second night in a row clash with police broke out across the country—mainly in #Bogota though. Live rounds have been fired again on protesters. It’s believed more than 10 people have been killed by the police in the past two days.
Footage of shots fired again last night.
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