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08 Jun 2025, 07:07 GMT+10
Miguel Uribe wounded in suspected assassination attempt at campaign event in Bogota
Colombian senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was attacked and critically wounded during a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday.
The 39-year-old lawmaker from the right-wing Democratic Center party was meeting supporters when he was shot in the head at around 5pm local time, according to a party statement. He was transported to a hospital in critical condition. One suspect was arrested at the scene.
"We condemn the serious attack against Senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay," the Democratic Center wrote in a post on X, denouncing the incident as politically motivated.
President Gustavo Petro condemned the shooting and ordered a full investigation to punish the "scum of humanity" behind the attack. "My sympathy to the Uribe family and the Turbay family. I do not know how to mitigate their pain," he wrote on X.
Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia also responded: "Violence can never be the way... I sincerely hope that (Uribe) is well and out of danger."
Uribe, a vocal critic of the current administration, announced his candidacy for the 2026 presidential election earlier this year. The incident marks one of the most serious attacks on a national political figure in Colombia in decades. No comparable assassination attempt has occurred since the early 1990s, during the era of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
(RT.com)
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