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Protesting Mexicans Storm National Palace in Mexico City

© REUTERS / Edgard GarridoDemonstrators sit on the floor during a protest in support of the missing Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College Raul Isidro Burgos students at Zocalo square in Mexico City
Demonstrators sit on the floor during a protest in support of the missing Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College Raul Isidro Burgos students at Zocalo square in Mexico City - Sputnik International
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Earlier on Saturday hundreds of protesters attacked a government building in the Mexican city of Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, accusing the government of involvement in the killing of students in Iguala, Guerrero state.

MEXICO CITY, November 9 (RIA Novosti) — A group of demonstrators protesting over the students' murder in Iguala, Mexico, tried to break into the National Palace in the central square of Mexico City (Zocalo) Saturday night.

Protesters tried to break the central gate of the building and set its wooden parts on fire. However, fire alarm system prevented the fire outbreak, El Universal reported.

Earlier on Saturday hundreds of protesters attacked a government building in the Mexican city of Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, accusing the government of involvement in the killing of students in Iguala, Guerrero state.

On September 26, a group of policemen, accompanied by unidentified armed people, cracked down on students in Iguala who were protesting against educational reforms. Six people were killed and 17 were injured as a result of the violence. Fifty-seven students went missing, with 14 having returned home later.

On Friday Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam reported that the detained suspects had confessed to the killings of over 40 young men, burning them and tossing the bodies in a river.

Karam warned that it would be difficult to identify the charred remains and that authorities will continue to consider the students as missing until DNA tests confirm the identities.

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