May 05, 2008	Monday	Rabi-us-Sani 28, 1429

SANTA CRUZ (Bolivia), May 4: Violence erupted at some polling stations in the Bolivian province of Santa Cruz on Sunday as the territory held an autonomy referendum deemed illegal by leftwing President Evo Morales.

Stone-throwing indigenous Indians backing Morales attacked polling station workers in the poor southern neighbourhood of Plan 3000, in the province’s main city of Santa Cruz.

At least three people were injured, the photographers said. —AFP