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"This was planned to kill Evo" Bolivia's Ex-President Claim Assassination Attempt Former President Evo Morales of Bolivia claimed he survived an assassination attempt on Sunday after unidentified men opened fire on his car.Appearing on his weekly radio show, Morale said shortly after leaving home for the radio station where he hosts a weekly show, hooded men fired several shots at the vehicle he was travelling in."The car in which I arrived has 14 bullet holes," said Morales at a radio station in the city of Cochabamba, in the coca leaf-growing region of Chapare.Morale then claimed a bullet passed "centimetres" from his head, before adding: "I don't know if they were soldiers or police,"The attack wounded his driver but Morales was unhurt, he said.The 65-year-old politician added: "This was planned. The idea was to kill Evo."Morales blamed the attack on current president Luis Arce, a former ally and cabinet minister.The Bolivian government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.