Santiago, Chile (AFP) - Students demanding free higher education on manned barricades started Tuesday a new round of protests that were greeted by police armed with tear gas and water cannons, police said.
"There are various place in the capital where the barricades have been set on fire", a police official said, asking not to be identified.
In some areas, students hurled Molotov cocktails and there were reports of a local transport bus being set ablaze.
It was not immediately known if there were any casualties linked to the violence.
The students are re-launching a protest movement, which began in May with mass demonstrations, after negotiations with the government over their demands for sweeping education reform broke down.
With both sides far apart, Chileans were bracing for two days of confrontations in the streets of the capital.
The city's emblematic Alameda Avenue was gridlocked after protesters set fire to barricades near the University of Chile and the University of Santiago.
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