Indigenous protest in Paraguay’s capital erupts in violence

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Indigenous groups have demonstrated in Paraguay’s capital against a law that makes it a crime to invade private property, and the protest escalated into violence that authorities say saw seven police officers injured, four cars set on fire and other acts of vandalism. The police command said one officer was hit Wednesday by an arrow shot by archers from an ethnic group not yet identified. Television coverage showed the commander of a police station about 300 meters (yards) from the Congress building lying on the ground and being hit by demonstrators with stones and sticks. Prosecutors say those protesters could not be identified as Indigenous.