Argentina minister urged to quit after police violence at pensioner protest

Photographer in coma and scores injured as police use teargas, rubber bullets and water cannon against retirees
Argentina’s hardline security minister is facing calls to resign after the violent police response to a protest by pensioners left a photographer in a coma and scores of other people injured.
More than 1,000 riot police used teargas, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse demonstrators late on Wednesday.
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