Protests erupted at the UASD following the shooting and death of an ex-party leader of the Popular Front (Falpo), Bladimir Lantigua, in San Francisco de Macoris, yesterday, Tuesday 1 August, 2017.
Lantigua was shot in the back, supposedly by a member of the police during protests in San Francisco where there is a 48-hour strike demanding the Government carry out a series of works.
According to a fellow Falpo member, Lantigua was standing at a corner when he was fatally wounded. Falpo leadership has called on the public to express their outrage at the murder of Lantigua.
Businesses in the town center were closed and police were out in force trying to stop the protesters from blocking traffic.
The president of the Federation of Dominican Students (FED), Yimi Zapata, complained that the protestors at the UASD were threatened by the National Police and that the police had been shooting at them. The demonstrators threw stones and burned tires.
Lantigua was also a party leader for the Student Front to Free Amin Abel (Felabel).
Due to the protest, the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) closed the tunnel on Ortega and Gasset.
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2 August 2017
