A young woman in Rojas, Argentina, was part of the protest against the wrongful death of a young 18-year-old woman, Ursula Bahillo, when she got shot with rubber bullets, hitting her face on Monday (February 8).

Bahillo was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend, who is also a Buenos Aires police officer, identified as 25-year-old, Matías Ezequiel Martínez. Martinez is already arrested.

Family members and friends gathered in front of the municipal police station to demand justice.

While waiting for authorities to present themselves, the protesters began beating on windows, breaking glass. The police reacted with rubber bullets against the protestors.

It is not known whether the protestor survived the rubber bullet.

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1. Various protests and police repression at the Rojas police headquarters, Buenos Aires

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The city of Rojas, in the northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, was shocked by the femicide of an 18-year-old girl. This is Ursula Bahillo, who was stabbed to death by her former partner, a Buenos Aires police officer who has already been arrested.

The alleged femicide was identified as Matías Ezequiel Martínez, 25 years old. According to what could be reconstructed of the case, Martínez harassed Bahillo for months. This Monday the two argued and the police attacked her with a dagger.

Ursula's body was found in the rural area of ​​Guido Spano. According to local media, after the crime, the man would have tried to commit suicide with the same knife, so when he was arrested, he was transferred to the Unzué hospital.

Family members and friends of Úrsula gathered last night in front of the municipal police station to demand justice, which was accompanied by a large number of neighbors, but everything ended with incidents and repression.

While waiting for authorities to present themselves, the protesters began beating on windows and breaking glass and the police reaction was with rubber bullets.

"Months ago we had denounced the harassment of this person towards my daughter, until one weekend when we went to the Women's Police Station and they mentioned that they did not take the complaint because it was the weekend," said Patricia Nassutti, mother of the young woman.