Bolivia's pro-government supporters and security forces violently confronted protesters loyal to former president Evo Morales in a street melee Sunday, the second such violent escalation this week as fears grew of further unrest in the Andean nation.

Pro-government supporters and security forces in Bolivia have clashed with protesters loyal to the former President Evo Morales on Sunday. Rival groups hurled firecrackers, homemade explosives and stones at each other while police fired tear gas in the city of El Alto.

Violent confrontations broke out in Bolivia between pro-government supporters and protesters loyal to former president Evo Morales. The clashes, involving firecrackers and small dynamite bombs, occurred amid a larger political crisis.

Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces have confronted protesters loyal to former President Evo Morales in a street melee.

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marching in support of Bolivia’s former socialist President Evo Morales were clashing with counterprotesters blocking their way, a stark sign of an escalating power struggle in the volatile Andean nation.

Supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales were met by a pro-government counterprotesters as they marched to La Paz. More than a dozen people were injured after anti-government demonstrators in Bolivia clashed with counterprotesters amid a power struggle between President Luis Arce and former leader Evo Morales.

Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces confronted protesters loyal to former president Evo Morales in a street melee Sunday, the second such violent escalation this week as fears grew of further unrest in the Andean nation.