By Gonzalo Ruiz Tovar
LIMA, Peru -- Two people were killed and close to 110 people, including 50 police officers, were injured in riots that caused damage worth millions of dollars in the Peruvian capital Lima, authorities said Friday.
The riots broke out late Thursday around the wholesale market La Parada, which was closed by the government of Lima Mayor Susana Villaran for not meeting security and hygiene requirements. The riots broke out as police placed fences around the market to prevent trucks from entering the site.
According to reports, police were overwhelmed by hundreds of rioters and police were attacked in some cases. National television broadcast footage of the beating of one police officer, who was seriously injured.
Rioters later were said to have moved to another market, looting shops as well as attacking passers-by.
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The other market that the rioters moved to was the Gamarra Gamarra Market... Better known to all that visit Lima as the "Indian Market"!
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