Chile school protests

"The police launched the raids in the early hours of the morning, clearing away chairs and tables that the pupils had used to barricade themselves inside. The students took over the schools earlier this month as part of their two-year campaign for education reform.

But on Sunday, they'll be used as polling stations. Chileans are due to elect candidates for November's presidential election. Many of those arrested in the pre-dawn raids are children and are unlikely to be charged.

The police action followed a day and night of violence in Santiago, centred around a student march. More than 100 people were arrested when the march ended in clashes between youths throwing stones and Molotov [bad word]  and police, who responded with tear gas and water cannon. Ten police officers were injured.

The clashes continued overnight. Protesters set fire to a bus, gutting it completely. The violence was among the worst in Chile in two years of protests against the centre-right government of President Sebastian Piñera."

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