Protesters in Chile beat up the president’s brother in the street

Local media reported Thursday that Simón Boric, the brother of Chilean President Gabriel Boric, was beaten during a student demonstration in downtown Santiago.

“Simón Boric, press officer of the University of Chile and brother of President Gabriel Boric, was attacked by a group of people in downtown Santiago,” CNN Chile reported.

According to initial information from witnesses of the incident, Simón Boric had tried to stop a group of students demonstrating for education in the center of the capital, as they had caused disturbances and destruction in the business premises near the University of Chile.

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The pictures of the incident, posted by passers-by on social media, show that about ten students beat the journalist with fists and, at one point, even threw and kicked him to the ground.

Boric was taken to a medical center, and local media confirmed that he did not suffer severe injuries in the beating.