iPhone | iPad
Android
Huawei
In a staff report, the fund says political complexities and high cost of living could weigh on policy
KT APPDOWNLOAD
Video: Four arrested after deadly Bolivian university stampede
Hundreds of students had gathered in a sports arena for student council elections
Four students have been arrested after a stampede at a Bolivian university left four of their peers dead and 85 injured, police said on Tuesday.
The suspects, all student leaders, were presented at a press conference by senior police officer Carlos Alberto Oblitas, who said one of them, a 25-year-old, was presumed to be the “intellectual and material author” of the crime.
Hundreds of students had gathered in an enclosed sports arena of the university for student council elections at the Tomas Frias university in the Potosi region of Bolivia’s southeast.
A heated debate ensued, and at least one student detonated a tear gas cannister, triggering the stampede, according to police.
Police said many of the wounded had suffered multiple injuries, including broken bones, and the fatalities were from asphyxiation.
Fights between students in Bolivia are not uncommon, and tear gas had been deployed in previous confrontations.
ALSO READ:
In March last year, 12 students died at a different university when a railing collapsed during another assembly confrontation.
Prosecutors have not yet specified what crime the suspects in this case will be charged with.
More news from
Closed-circuit video images showed the bus veering sharply in the road before crashing from a bridge and sinking within seconds
EU foreign policy chief says there will be more nations following suit because Belgium has also decided to recognise Palestinian state
The vote by the 193-member General Assembly was a global survey of support for the Palestinian bid to become a full UN member
The case was filed against parties who took to their social media handle alleging that the brand was favouring a particular community
Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls for urgent, independent and transparent investigation into the incidents
The Princess of Wales announced in March she was having treatment after cancer was found following an abdominal surgery
Karim expressed her happiness at winning the medal, which added to the previous achievements of Emirati champions