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| Death toll rises to 2 in police, protesters clash in Bolivia |
| 2008-08-07 |
| (Xinhua) -- The death toll rose to two in a clash between Bolivian policemen and miners who were blocking a highway Tuesday, leaving some 30 people injured, according to news reaching here from La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia. The Bolivian government urged the Huanuni mine workers of Oruroto avoid further clashes with the police after their confrontation on Caihuasi Highway, which connects the Bolivian department of Cochabamba and La Paz. "We ask the workers to avoid affrays so that we can normalize the situation in the highways," Labor Minister Walter Delgadillo said at a press conference. Interior Minister Alfredo Rada denied the police had used fire arms during the Caihusi operation, but the bodies and several injured have bullet impacts. All the injured have been taken to a local hospital for treatment. |
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