Bolivian ex-president says his car was fired on during assassination attempt

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Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Evo Morales, the former president of Bolivia, said Sunday that four masked men fired on his car as he was headed to a church event.

"This was the assassination attempt that occurred at 6:20 a.m. at the entrance of the Novena in the municipality of Shinahota," Morales said in a statement on Facebook, with video purporting to show bullet holes through his car's windshield.

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