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Irish investigate Bolivian death | Irish investigate Bolivian death |
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Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs is expected to confirm that an Irish man in his 20s who was killed in Bolivia was from Tipperary. | Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs is expected to confirm that an Irish man in his 20s who was killed in Bolivia was from Tipperary. |
Reports from Bolivia said Michael Martin Dwyer was one of three men killed when police foiled an alleged plot to kill president Evo Morales. | Reports from Bolivia said Michael Martin Dwyer was one of three men killed when police foiled an alleged plot to kill president Evo Morales. |
Officers attempted to arrest the men, but they fled to a hotel where a shootout took place, police said. | Officers attempted to arrest the men, but they fled to a hotel where a shootout took place, police said. |
An official from the Irish embassy in Argentina has travelled to La Paz. | An official from the Irish embassy in Argentina has travelled to La Paz. |
Michael Dwyer, from Tipperary, was killed in a police raid | |
It is understood the Irish foreign department is offering help and support to his family. | It is understood the Irish foreign department is offering help and support to his family. |
A page on a social networking site which belonged to the dead man has been taken down. | A page on a social networking site which belonged to the dead man has been taken down. |
Three men, one of whom was identified by state media as Irish, were killed. | Three men, one of whom was identified by state media as Irish, were killed. |
The other two suspects were Hungarian and Bolivian. Two other people were arrested. | The other two suspects were Hungarian and Bolivian. Two other people were arrested. |
The gun battle took place in Santa Cruz, an eastern Bolivian city and hub of anti-Morales sentiment. | The gun battle took place in Santa Cruz, an eastern Bolivian city and hub of anti-Morales sentiment. |
The Associated Press news agency reported that Bolivian officials were investigating who financed the alleged plot. | The Associated Press news agency reported that Bolivian officials were investigating who financed the alleged plot. |
Police commander General Victor Hugo Escobar said one of those killed had commanded a brigade in the Balkans in the 1990s during the break-up of former Yugoslavia. | Police commander General Victor Hugo Escobar said one of those killed had commanded a brigade in the Balkans in the 1990s during the break-up of former Yugoslavia. |
He said the group had been monitored for some time and that police had seized an arsenal, personal computers containing city plans of Santa Cruz and La Paz, the capital, and a list of possible targets. | He said the group had been monitored for some time and that police had seized an arsenal, personal computers containing city plans of Santa Cruz and La Paz, the capital, and a list of possible targets. |