Protests demanding the resignation of President Dina Polarti continue in Peru, and have left at least 45 people dead in 5 weeks.
Demonstrators threw stones at the police in the capital, Lima, on Thursday evening, and the security forces responded with tear gas. A building in the city center also caught fire, for reasons that are still unknown.
And last week, the government announced the extension of the state of emergency in several regions of the country, amid violent protests against the dismissal of former President Pedro Castillo.
The clashes, which began in early December, are the worst outbreak of violence in Peru in more than 20 years.
For its part, Pollarte apologized for the dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries in recent weeks.
The Peruvian Public Prosecutor announced that it had opened a preliminary investigation against the President of the Republic and a number of members of her government on charges of committing "genocide", after dozens were killed within a month during the security forces' suppression of anti-government demonstrations.
Protests erupted against Polwarti after the dismissal of Socialist President Castillo on December 7 and his arrest on charges of attempting a coup by seeking to dissolve the parliament he was preparing to overthrow.