20/10/2012 13:32
Violent protests in Panama
A boy was killed during violent protests in the Caribbean city of Colon on Friday over a new law allowing the sale of state-owned land in the duty-free zone next to the Panama Canal, authorities said.
The 10-year-old boy was shot once in the stomach and died at the Manuel Amadador Guerrero Hospital in the Caribbean city of Colon, emergency unit director Mariano Lopez said.
Lopez said that at least six other people were treated for gunshot wounds and several others for pellet wounds.
Anti-riot police used tear gas and fired into the air to disperse hundreds of people who burned tires and threw objects at police in Colon’s downtown.