2019-11-18 | With stores burned and looted, Walmart seeks police protection in riot-hit Chile
'SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Walmart has sought court orders for police protection in protest-wracked Chile after more than 120 of its supermarkets were looted or burned. '
'The company said it had sought the protection orders to ensure its stores could continue supplying customers and will not seek reimbursement from the government for the damages. '
'The stores operate under the brandnames Lider, Express, aCuenta and Ekono in Chile. ', "Walmart Chile, the local subsidiary of the world's largest company, said in a statement it had experienced 1,200 episodes of lootings and fires at 128 of its approximately 400 stores."
'It said the state had failed to protect its premises and staff with a "lack of timely reaction to evident vandalism". '
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'SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Walmart has sought court orders for police protection in protest-wracked Chile after more than 120 of its supermarkets were looted or burned. '
'The company said it had sought the protection orders to ensure its stores could continue supplying customers and will not seek reimbursement from the government for the damages. '
'The stores operate under the brandnames Lider, Express, aCuenta and Ekono in Chile. ', "Walmart Chile, the local subsidiary of the world's largest company, said in a statement it had experienced 1,200 episodes of lootings and fires at 128 of its approximately 400 stores."
'It said the state had failed to protect its premises and staff with a "lack of timely reaction to evident vandalism". '
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