Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe shot during campaign; attacker arrested

Colombian statesmanlike campaigner Miguel Uribe was changeable Saturday during a run lawsuit successful the Fontibón territory of Bogotá, according to the Colombian nationalist police.Bogotá politician Carlos Galán confirmed that Uribe was receiving exigency aesculapian attraction and said the city’s full infirmary web was connected alert successful lawsuit a transportation was needed.

The politician besides announced that the suspected attacker had been arrested.Colombian president Gustavo Petro responded to the incidental connected societal media, expressing his enactment for Uribe’s family. In a connection posted connected X, Petro wrote, “I don’t cognize however to easiness your pain. It is the symptom of a parent lost, and of a wounded homeland.”