Reports from Chile say there have been serious disturbances on Rapa Nui after a family tried to lynch a homicide suspect.
An angry mob torches the courthouse on Rapanui. Photo: Latercera Online
The news site Ahora Noticias reports that police were assaulted and injured, and a court building and a registry office in Hanga Roa were torched by the victim's relatives.
Police had arrested a 51-year-old man accused of killing a 34-old-man with a knife.
The victim's family then attacked the police vehicle with the suspect in it and set fire to the buildings.