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 Police arrested 13 people early Wednesday and said a police officer was injured in overnight clashes.
The anniversary of the 1973 coup that brought the dictator Augusto Pinochet to power is often marked by violence.
Pinochet oversaw a fierce aerial bombardment of the presidential palace on Sept. 11, 1973. Socialist President Salvador Allende committed suicide rather than surrender.
His death marked the start of a brutal 17-year dictatorship. The government estimates 3,095 were killed during Pinochet's rule, including about 1,200 who were forcibly disappeared.
Pinochet died under house arrest, without ever being tried on charges of illegal enrichment and human rights violations.
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