Six killed and hundreds injured in weeks of unrest, as supporters demand former president be allowed to run
Fatal clashes between police and supporters of former president Evo Morales have deepened Bolivia’s political and economic crisis, heightening tensions in the Andean country just two months before the presidential election.
Six people have been killed and more than 300 injured in weeks of unrest. The dead include four police officers, one of whom was reportedly killed by dynamite which had been strapped to his body.
Demonstrators have blockaded roads across the country since 2 June in response to rulings by the constitutional and electoral courts that barred Morales, 65, from seeking a fourth term in the 17 August election.
On Sunday the protesters announced a “humanitarian pause” at the blockades, but some remained in place, prolonging a two-week-long disruption in delivering food, medicine, and fuel.
