According to him, during the clashes of mass rallies with police officers seven people were killed and another 1 thousand 340 were injured.
Earlier, Ecuador’s Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo said more than 400 people, including 86 police officers, were injured as a result of the mass protests.
On October 12, it became known that Ecuadorian leader Lenin Moreno agreed to revise the decree abolishing fuel subsidies. It was this document that led to mass protests in the country.
On October 3, a state of emergency was declared in the country because of protests in connection with the adoption of economic measures by the government.
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