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Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe ‘fighting for life' after shooting

Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe ‘fighting for life' after shooting

A prominent Colombian right-wing presidential candidate is in critical condition after being shot three times during a campaign event in Bogota on Saturday, authorities said.
Thirty-nine-year-old Senator Miguel Uribe was speaking to supporters in the capital when a gunman shot him twice in the head and once in the knee before being detained.
Images from the scene showed Uribe slumped against the bonnet of a white car, smeared with blood, as a group of men tried to hold him and stop the bleeding.
A security guard managed to detain the suspected attacker, a minor who is believed to be 15 years old.
Uribe was airlifted to the hospital in 'critical condition' where he is undergoing a 'neurosurgical' and 'peripheral vascular procedure', the Santa Fe Clinic in Bogota confirmed.
Uribe's wife posted on his social media account that 'he is fighting for his life at this moment'.
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