Clash between protesters and police leaves 23 injured in Rio.
Of that total, 12 are military police officers, who sustained minor injuries and have already been released from the Central Military Police Hospital; the remaining injured were taken to the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital in the city center, from where they have already been released, according to the Municipal Health Department.
From Agência Brasil
Rio de Janeiro - Twenty-three people were injured, including 12 military police officers, during clashes in downtown Rio between the Military Police (PM) and protesters last night (1st). The police officers suffered minor injuries and have already been released from the Central Hospital of the Military Police. The other injured were taken to the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital, in the center, from where they have already been released, according to the Municipal Health Department.
Furthermore, the city center awoke to signs of destruction. Bank branches, public and commercial buildings, bus stops, traffic signs, trash cans, and a police station were destroyed.
Late last night (1st), the PM's Shock Troops dispersed, with tear gas bombs, the demonstrators who returned to the steps of the Rio City Hall, in Cinelândia, after the approval of the Career, Salary and Remuneration Plan for teachers in the municipal education network. The demonstration was made up of municipal teachers and members of the Black Bloc group.
According to the Military Police, 17 people were detained and taken to police stations in the city's central region. The Military Police also reported that none of those arrested were teachers. The Civil Police reported that the protester Ojuoba Bruno Marinho Barros da Silva, 25, had his parole revoked and was sent to a prison unit of the State Penitentiary Administration Secretariat.
According to the PM's public relations officer, Lieutenant Colonel Cláudio Costa, the Military Police acted to guarantee the democratic right of teachers to demonstrate. "What we saw yesterday was the participation of a group of vandals who infiltrated the movement, attacking the Military Police and causing all the disruption that was witnessed."
According to him, the Military Police have been working to improve their actions during protests. Regarding the blocking of streets around the Pedro Ernesto Palace, the seat of the City Council, the public relations officer said that the action was necessary to "guarantee the functioning of the plenary session that decided on the career plan for teachers."
The teachers removed the camp set up on Rua Alcindo Guanabara, next to the City Hall, this morning (2). The nine tents had been in place since the early hours of Sunday (29), when education professionals were expelled from the House's plenary. The municipal teachers informed that the strike will continue and an assembly is scheduled for Friday (4).
Edited by: Talita Cavalcante