Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally

A Colombian statesmanlike campaigner has been changeable and earnestly injured astatine a run lawsuit successful the capital, Bogota.

Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was deed 3 times - reportedly doubly successful the caput - by a gunman portion helium was addressing a tiny assemblage successful a parkland connected Saturday.

Police arrested a antheral astatine the scene. Uribe is successful captious information successful hospital, according to Colombian media.

Uribe's Centro Democratico enactment condemned the attack, saying that it "endangers the beingness of a governmental leader... ideology and state successful Colombia".

Phone footage shared online appears to amusement the infinitesimal erstwhile helium was changeable successful the caput mid-speech, prompting those gathered to fly successful panic.

Paramedics said helium had been changeable 3 times, including doubly successful the head, AFP quality bureau reported.

The authorities of near helping President Gustavo Petro said it "categorically and forcefully" condemned the onslaught arsenic an "act of unit not lone against his person, but besides against democracy."

Uribe, a well-known subordinate of the governmental constitution successful Colombia, announced his candidacy for adjacent year's statesmanlike predetermination successful October.

He is the lad of Diana Turbay, a writer who was killed successful 1991 successful a rescue effort aft she had been kidnapped by the Medellin drugs cartel tally astatine the clip by Pablo Escobar.