Violent Mass Looting Engulfs Argentina Amid Police Strike, 9 Dead -- RT
Nine people were killed and hundreds others injured as chaos gripped Argentina amid a police strike demanding pay rises. Mobs have taken over the streets, looting shops and robbing homes, local media reported.
Officers across the country refused to go on patrol in 19 out of 23 Argentinean provinces.
Overnight on Monday, four people - including a 35-year-old police officer – were killed in the province of Chaco. The officer died while protecting a supermarket in the provincial capital of Resistencia.
Two other fatalities occurred in the province of Jujuy in the towns of San Pedro and Perico.
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