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[Jan Klimkowski]

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Facebook Kills Off Assassin Group



8:17am UK, Wednesday January 28, 2009
Social networking site Facebook has removed a group looking to hire a gunman to assassinate Bolivian president Evo Morales.

Evo Morales targeted

Targeted: The Bolivian leader is a controversial figure

The group requested donations to fund an attempt to "liquidate" the South American country's leftist leader.

Over 8,000 members had joined the Spanish-language group since its creation in August.

Facebook wiped it after being alerted to the posting by an outraged blogger.

Titled Global Collection To Hire A Sharpshooter To Liquidate Evo Morales, the group sought to "get the money to inspire someone to do it".

Many of the 497 postings left by users were deemed "hateful", violating Facebook's terms of use.

In my honest opinion as a human I think it's not his fault he's such an imbecile.

Group creator Hony Pierola

One posting, dated August 10, suggested Mr Morales be "tortured and made to suffer, like he's doing indirectly to many Bolivian people".

The group's 20-year-old Bolivian creator, Hony Pierola, denied any malice.

He said he started the group "to laugh a little" and insisted he "wouldn't be so stupid as to do it with serious intentions".

But he remained unapologetic, describing Mr Morales as "an imbecile".

The first Indian president of South America's poorest country, Mr Morales has been a divisive figure as he drives a socialist agenda.

On Sunday, the country's voters approved a new constitution that seeks to empower the country's long-suppressed Indian majority.

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