Chile's President Boric declares national mourning period after 3 police officers killed

FILE PHOTO: Chilean President Gabriel Boric listens to a question at La Moneda government house in Santiago, Chile, March 8, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo

(Reuters) - Three police officers were killed on Saturday in southern Chile during what President Gabriel Boric called a cowardly attack that led him to declare three days of national mourning.

The attack occurred in the municipality of Canete, in Arauco province, when the officers responded to three false emergency calls, authorities said.