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"This is a racist and violent act," the leftist presidential candidate Luis Arce said.
The Bolivian Workers' Center (COB) headquarters in La Paz was hit by two Molotov bombs launched by far-right groups that tried to break into the building on Thursday.
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Due to the explosion, the building's entrance was filled with broken glass from the vehicles parked at Pisagua Street. The headquarters' facade was also stained with red paint. So far, there are no casualties reported.
Police arrested six suspects carrying explosives in the headquarters' neighborhood. The detainees spent the night in the Special Anti-Crime Force (FELCC) cells.
"This is a racist and violent act. We ask human rights organizations to pay attention to the attacks and threats suffered by social movements," the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presidential candidate Luis Arce tweeted.
#Bolivia ����
— Mar_Luj (@Mar53163624) August 14, 2020
Policía arresta 6 personas sospechosas de atentado con bombas molotov a sede de la COB pic.twitter.com/OEkKrvGapb
The attacked building is also the headquarters of the Bartolina Sisa Confederation of Rural and Indigenous Women.
The attack occurred hours after COB leaders called "treason and political maneuvering" the approval of a law that sets October 18 as the deadline for the presidential elections.
"This law was never agreed upon with the Bolivian people. The coup-born regime led by Jeanine Añez has betrayed us," COB leader Juan Carlos Huarachi said, adding that social organizations demand the elections be held on October 11.
Bolivia's coup government is arresting journalists and doctors, and is calling them terrorists... pic.twitter.com/MVkfQcLzqM
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) January 13, 2020
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