The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City has gone on lockdown after people allegedly threw Molotov cocktails and rocks at it. The attacks happened during local protests on Friday against police violence.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media.

"They became violent. The embassy remained locked down. All personnel should avoid the area," the embassy stated in a notice given to the political newspaper The Hill.

Specifically, Mexican City protesters have demanded police accountability over the death of Giovanni Lopez, a construction worker who died in May while in police custody in the western state of Jalisco.