4 die as gas grenade sets off student stampede in Bolivia

LA PAZ, Bolivia -


A tear fuel grenade set off throughout a college meeting in Bolivia triggered an stampede during which 4 college students died and 50 have been injured on Monday, officers mentioned.


Tomas Frias College Rector Pedro Lopez informed Radio Panamericana that the scholars had gathered to elect new pupil physique leaders on the faculty within the mountainous metropolis of Potosi, some 420 kilometres (260 miles) south of La Paz, the capital.


“In the course of the meeting, a tear fuel grenade was detonated, which created a stampede,” he mentioned. “Many college students have been trampled.”


Col. Limberth Choque, Potosi's police chief, informed state tv that each one 4 of the lifeless have been feminine.

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