World News | A Prominent Colombian Senator is Shot and Wounded at a Bogota Campaign Rally
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a possible candidate in the country's presidential election next year, was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday, authorities said.
Bogota, Jun 8 (AP) Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a possible candidate in the country's presidential election next year, was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday, authorities said.
His conservative Democratic Centre party released a statement calling it an “an unacceptable act of violence.”
The attack took place in a park in the Fontibon neighbourhood when armed assailants shot him from behind, his party said.
Images circulating on social media showed Uribe Turbay covered in blood, apparently with a head wound, being held by several people. So far, no official report has been released on the senator's condition.
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The suspected shooter has been captured, Bogotá Mayor Carlos Galán, said on the social platform X. But the federal government said it was offering a reward for the capture of those responsible.
Uribe Turbay is a right-wing senator and the son of a journalist who was kidnapped and killed during one of the most violent periods in the country, which has been ravaged by a drug war. He is considered a possible presidential candidate in Colombia's election in May 2026. (AP)
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