Chile: students ambush metro stations in protest over fare hikes

The Chilean capital, Santiago, has seen a significant roll-out of riot police after more than a week of mass fare evasion on the city’s metro in protest over raised prices. Police and metro management said there had been more than 200 incidents of largely school children and students jumping barriers and forcing gates to access trains. Metro stations were closed or blocked and in some cases police responded with teargas and batons. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► Chile students’ mass fare-dodging expands into city-wide protest ► Support the Guardian ► Today in Focus podcast ► The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► Owen Jones talks ► Guardian Football ► Guardian Sport ► Guardian Culture ►