Honduras police clash with students demanding president's ouster

Source: Agence France-Presse

29 JAN 2019

Police in Honduras fired tear gas at hundreds of student protesters who blocked a major road in the capital Tegucigalpa as they called for the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who just finished the first year of his second term.

"Get out, JOH," shouted the students, who threw rocks and burned tires to block the road in front of the National Autonomous University of Honduras, in the eastern part of Tegucigalpa.

Many of the protesters had their faces concealed behind masks or scarves.

The tear gas fired by anti-riot police forced the students to retreat onto the campus, while they threw stones.

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