Colombian senator and presidential hopeful shot and wounded at rally

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00:00On Saturday night, police and civilians rushed presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay

00:05into an ambulance after he was attacked during a campaign event in Bogotá.

00:10The right-wing opposition senator had been speaking at a campaign event when gunshots rang out.

00:16The 39-year-old suffered two gunshot wounds to the head and one to the knee,

00:21according to medical personnel.

00:23Police quickly cordoned off the area, seizing a firearm and holding a suspect.

00:30During the police response, a bodyguard intervened and held one of the attackers, a minor,

00:35who was injured in the leg and taken to Clínica Colombia, where he is receiving medical treatment.

00:43The attack drew condemnation from the government of leftist president Gustavo Petro.

00:48The national government categorically and forcefully condemns the attack

00:52against Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay in recent hours.

00:56Uribe, a strong critic of Petro, is a member of the Democratic Center Party,

01:01led by the influential former president Álvaro Uribe,

01:05who governed Colombia from 2002 to 2018.

01:09Last October, he announced his intention to run in the 2026 presidential election.

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