Bolivia: Seven university students die after falling from a fourth floor after breaking a railing

The images that have arrived from Bolivia tonight after the tragic event that took place in a university are very hard. At least seven students have died and three more have been injured after falling from a fourth floor when a railing broke in a riot during an assembly of the Faculty of Economics of the Public University of El Alto (UPEA). and injured range between 20 and 24 years. There were shoves, when the metal railing gave way due to the weight of the students.The fall occurred after an argument among the students, triggering the clashes and shoves that ended up making the railing give way, which the commander of the National Police has advanced , Jhonny Aguilera, was fixed with putty and poor welding. «The barriers were fixed to the floor simply with putty and a slight weld, which causes them to give way, causing eleven people to fall, of these eleven people six have died, three at the University and three in medical centers ", Aguilera has detailed, according to the television channel Unitel. The UPEA has informed that it will bear the funeral expenses and will make itself available to the families of the students who have been injured. For his part, the president from Bolivia, Luis Arce, has sent his condolences to the families of the victims through a message posted on his Twitter account. «We regret the tragedy that occurred at the Public University of El Alto, where there were several deaths and injuries. Our deepest condolences to the people of El Alto and to the suffering families. We await the prompt clarification of the facts, "he wrote.