It has been 11 days since the national strike in Colombia began and more and more viral moments about the protests are known. This time, on social networks, the moment when a group of Protestants He attacks a traffic light until he manages to knock it down.
The video was recorded on the cell phones of several dealers, who published the images on social networks, there it is observed that in the midst of -some of the violent protests that have taken place in Colombia, the subjects hold the traffic light until they try to knock it down and they succeed.
The traffic light, bent from so much struggle, finally gives way and comes off the ground, while a mob of protesters shouts “if possible” all in unison. However, the ovation of the moment passed, in just moments, shouts of anguish and despair, because once the traffic light detaches from the ground due to the force exerted, it falls on one of the individuals.
In the video you can see when the traffic light falls hard on one of the protesters, who leaves against the ground and receives a strong blow to the skull. Seconds later, the other companions of the young man are observed trying to lift the device so that he can go out and assess his state of health.
The moments became tense, while the group of citizens tried to lift the tubes and free their companion, at the same time that they shouted for help. The person recording the viral moment exclaims as soon as the traffic light falls: “Ay, fagot, it fell on the man. What a shit ”.
On the subject, let us remember that this week, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Marta Hurtado, sent a wake-up call from Geneva, Switzerland, in which he urged calm for the next demonstrations that will take place this Wednesday, May 5 in Colombia.
“We are deeply alarmed by the events that occurred in the city of Cali in Colombia last night, when the police opened fire on protesters protesting the tax reform, killing and wounding several people, according to the information received,” said Hurtado.
In another of the sections of her statement, the senior official assured that the UN works to give an exact number of victims in the country. “Our office in Colombia is working to verify the exact number of victims and establish the circumstances of these terrible incidents in Cali”, Hurtado reported, who also denounced that “Human rights defenders also reported that they have been harassed and threatened.”
Likewise, this Friday, May 7, the United Nations System in Colombia reiterated this Friday that all actions carried out by the public force in the midst of the national strike must correspond to “protection and respect for human rights.” .
Meanwhile, the video of the young man who is injured by the traffic light has caused laughter, mockery and multiple comments, Among which stand out the users who ask citizens not to destroy the heritage of the country’s cities and to protest peacefully.
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