Bolivia: Fear for safety

Protesters in the southern city of Sucre, Chuquisaca department, are in danger following violence by demonstrators and police on 24 and 25 November 2007, in which three people died. During the second day of violence, the authorities ordered police off the streets in a bid to contain the fighting. Protestors Gonzalo Duran Carazani and José Luis Cardozo died of gunshot wounds and Juan Carlos Serrudo Murrillo died after being hit in the chest by a tear gas canister.

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