Bogota: A conservative Colombian senator who hoped to be the country’s next president is fighting for his life in hospital after he was shot in the back at a campaign rally, authorities say.
Miguel Uribe Turbay was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after he was shot multiple times while addressing the rally at a park in the western Bogota neighbourhood of Fontibon.
An ambulance carrying Miguel Uribe Turbay leaves the Medicentro hospital for the Santa Fe Foundation hospital, where he is undergoing urgent surgery. Credit: AP
Images circulating on social media show the 39-year-old covered in blood, apparently with a head wound, being held by several people.
A medical report from the Santa Fe Foundation hospital said the senator was admitted in critical condition and was undergoing a “neurosurgical and peripheral vascular procedure”.
Source: The Age.
