チリ先住民、自治求めるデモ　衝突で１人死亡、１７人負傷

【サンティアゴＡＦＰ＝時事】チリの首都サンティアゴで１０日、先住民マプチェによる自治を求めるデモの参加者と警察が衝突し、１人が死亡、警官１７人が負傷した。（写真はチリ・サンティアゴで行われた自治を求める先住民マプチェによるデモで、機動隊と対峙（たいじ）する参加者）
　ポンチョと伝統的な髪飾りを身に着けたマプチェの人々ら約１０００人が同市の中心部を行進。警察が放水や催涙ガスで解散させようと試みたが、デモ隊は棒や石で抵抗した。現場にいたＡＦＰカメラマンによると、衝突は約４０分続いた。
　チリ警察によると、１人が死亡、警官１７人が負傷し、デモ参加者１０人が逮捕された。関係者によれば、死亡したのはオンブズマン事務所の女性弁護士で、負傷が原因だった。
　マプチェは国内最大の先住民族で、数百年前には支配は広範囲に及んでいた。かつてはスペイン人入植者と戦い、１９世紀のチリ独立以降は国軍と対立した。チリ政府は長年、マプチェを差別しているとの批判を受けている。
　人口１７００万人のチリで、マプチェの人口は７０万人にまで減少している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/10/12-12:22）

One person died and 17 others were injured Sunday as riot police clashed with protesters in the Chilean capital during a rally by the indigenous Mapuche community.
About a thousand activists -- many wearing ponchos and traditional headbands, and playing ceremonial drums -- marched near Plaza Italia in the center of Santiago, demanding autonomy for the Mapuche.
When police moved in to disperse the protest with water cannon and tear gas, protesters responded with sticks and stones in a confrontation that lasted about 40 minutes, according to an AFP photographer at the scene.
A hooded group constantly attacked the police with fireworks, said Enrique Monras Alvarez, chief of the police of the metropolitan area.
One of (the fireworks) hit one of the protesters, who was with the police.
Police bodycam footage showed Denisse Cortes, a lawyer with the Ombudsman's Office, had walked over to speak to the officers when the missile struck.
The 43-year-old was rushed to hospital, where she was operated on.
Unfortunately, the patient died during the intervention in the afternoon, said a hospital statement.
The Prosecutor's Office had opened an investigation into this disproportionate violence, said Rodrigo Delgado, minister of the interior.
Chilean police said in a statement that 17 police officers were also hurt in the clashes.
A total of 10 people were arrested.
The Chilean state has long been accused of discrimination against the Mapuche people, the country's largest indigenous group, who centuries ago controlled vast areas of Chile but have since been marginalized.
Considered the earliest inhabitants of parts of Chile, the Mapuche fought against the Spanish conquerors and later the Chilean army after the country's independence in the 19th century.
Their numbers were reduced to only 700,000, a fraction of Chile's current population of 17 million.