17 hours ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
A Colombian Presidential Hopeful Fights For His Life After Assassination Attempt
BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Sen. Miguel Uribe, a presidential hopeful and grandson of a former president, was fighting for his life Sunday after a teenage gunman shot him in the head, reviving fears of the political violence that scarred Colombia in the 1980s and '90s.
The conservative politician, 39, was finishing an event in a park Saturday afternoon during the long run-up to next year's presidential election. The assailant raised a handgun from behind and fired. Uribe crumpled to the ground, with supporters trying to stanch the bleeding from a head wound, videos from the scene showed.
