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Hundreds of demonstrators in Chile have clashed with the police after the screening of a documentary praising the former military government of General Augusto Pinochet.
The mayor of the capital,Santiago, Pablo Zalaquett, said police were attacked in several areas of the city centre.
He said there was extensive damage to property.
Earlier police used tear gas and water cannon to break upthe demonstration.
The screening has pitted supporters of the late general, who claim the right to free speech, against relatives of victims of his regime, who are outraged at the tone of thedocumentary.
The mayor said hundreds of anti-Pinochet demonstrators organised in groups continued to launch "coordinated attacks" in the centre of Santiago hours after the screening at the Caupolicantheatre.
"As I said before, I would prefer the event not to have taken place because we all knew what was going to happen," Mr Zalaquett told CNN.
"Chile needs to look forward. We are tired. Many peoplesay they are out there to defend human rights, but they just come to destroy and loot."
General Pinochet led a coup against the democratically-elected Marxist president of Chile, Salvador Allende, on11 September 1973 and only left power in 1990.
The Chilean government estimates that more than 3,000 people were killed during the Pinochet years, included those whose bodies have not been found.Thousands more were tortured, arrested or forced into exile during his rule.
Divisive heritage
"No to the dictatorship's heritage," reads a poster outside the theatre.
Relatives of victims say thedocumentary, "Pinochet", is insensitive and glorifies the general's brutal regime.
The organisers say it aims to show Gen Pinochet as he really was, and not as the media portrayed him - as aruthless dictator.
The event became one of the biggest pro-Pinochet gatherings since he died in 2006.
Thousands of Pinochet supporters turned up for the screening, including right-wing politicians and...
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