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Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay shot at during Bogota rally

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Miguel Uribe Turbay, the 39-year-old right-wing opposition senator was shot three times — twice in the head and once in the knee, news agency AFP reported.

Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was on Saturday shot at during a campaign event in Bogota. News agency AFF reported that the 39-year-old right-wing opposition senator was shot three times — twice in the head and once in the knee.

The incident took place in a park in the Fontibon neighborhood of the capital where armed attackers shot Turbay from behind.

A video posted on ‘X’ showed Turbay being shot at while he was delivering a speech at a public rally in the Columbian capital.

A suspected gunman has been arrested.

No official update has been issued regarding his condition.

Uribe is the son of a journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in 1991.

The presidential elections in Colombia will be held on May 31 next year.

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