Bolivian government denies attempt to kill Evo Morales

Morales said on Sunday a car he was travelling in was shot at, condemning it as an attempt on his life.

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Morales says his car came under sustained gunfire on Sunday night in the Cochabamba region, in what he condemned as an attempt on his life.

But Bolivia's Interior Minister, Eduardo del Castillo, said the former president's convoy had fled an anti-drugs patrol, during which his security team fired at police and ran over an officer.

Evo Morales is involved in a power struggle with President Luis Arce over who should be the Movement for Socialism (Mas) party's candidate in next year's election.

On Sunday, Morales posted a video to social media which appeared to show at least two bullet holes in the windscreen of a car in the front seat of which he was sitting.

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