Chilean journalist dies after being shot while covering Workers’ Day marches

Francisca Sandoval, 29, is the first journalist to be killed in the line of duty in Chile since the Pinochet dictatorshipA Chilean journalist who was shot in the head by a street trader while covering Workers’ Day marches on 1 May has died of her injuries.Francisca Sandoval, 29, was reporting in Barrio Meiggs, a ramshackle market district in the centre of the capital, Santiago, when a group of men opened fire after a standoff with the marchers. Continue reading...