Firefighters work at a supermarket damaged and looted during a previous day's protest against the increase in subway ticket prices in Santiago, Chile, October 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's government will extend a state of emergency to cities in its north and south, President Sebastian Pinera said late on Sunday, after at least seven people were killed amid violent clashes and arson attacks over the weekend.
"We are at war against a powerful enemy, who is willing to use violence without any limits," Pinera said in a late-night televised statement at army headquarters in Santiago.
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