Tag: lootings

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:36 UTC

  New York upmarket retailers' shops in central Manhattan raided by looters

  

  New York was under a curfew that would last until early Tuesday morning, officials said, after looters raided stores in central Manhattan, targeting some of the city's top retailers.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Violence resurgence in Chile: three deaths, looting and torched supermarkets

  

  A man died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a supermarket was torched in Chile's capital Santiago on Friday, bringing the death toll from a resurgence in violent unrest rose to three. A mob looted and then set fire to the supermarket in southern Santiago in the early hours of Friday.

• Wednesday, December 4th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Chilean economy contracts 3.4% during October compared to a year ago

  

  Chile's economy contracted 3.4% in October from the same month a year ago, the central bank said, posting the single biggest drop in a decade as weeks of violent protests began sending shockwaves through the Chilean economy.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 05:31 UTC

  Walmart had 120 supermarkets burnt and looted in Chile; seeks court order for police protection

  

  Walmart has sought court orders for police protection in protest-wracked Chile after more than 120 of its supermarkets were looted or burned. The Chilean subsidiary of the US-headquartered retailer lodged orders with courts in six Chilean cities, saying the attacks on its stores had put its staff's safety and jobs at risk, “gravely” affected its ability to operate in the country and caused it “enormous economic damage.”