A prominent Colombian senator is shot and wounded at a Bogota campaign rally
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a possible candidate in the country's presidential election next year, was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday, authorities said.
His conservative Democratic Center party released a statement calling it an 'an unacceptable act of violence.'
The attack took place in a park in the Fontibon neighborhood when armed assailants shot him from behind, his party said.
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