Colombian senator and would-be presidential candidate is shot and wounded at Bogota campaign rally

BOGOTA Colombia AP Colombian Sen Miguel Uribe Turbay a accomplishable candidate in the country s presidential vote next year was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday officials declared His conservative Democratic Center party issued a report calling it an unacceptable act of violence The attack took place in a park in the Fontibon neighborhood when armed assailants shot him from behind announced the right-wing party which was founded by former President Alvaro Uribe The men are not related Images circulating on social media exhibited Uribe Turbay covered in blood apparently with a head wound being held by several people So far no official assessment has been published on the senator s condition A suspected shooter has been captured Bogot Mayor Carlos Gal n disclosed on the social platform X But the federal regime revealed it was offering a reward for the capture of those responsible Respect life that s the red line Colombian President Gustavo Petro explained in a message posted on his X account Shortly after making the post Petro canceled a planned trip to France due to the seriousness of the events according to a presidential declaration Uribe Turbay is a senator and the son of a journalist who was kidnapped and killed in during one of the country s majority of violent periods Colombia will hold a presidential referendum on May the end of the current term of Petro the first leftist to come to power in Colombia Uribe Turbay released his presidential bid in March Colombian police chief Gen Carlos Triana announced that at the time of the attack Uribe Turbay was accompanied by Councilman Andr s Barrios and other people A minor who allegedly participated in the attack was apprehended at the scene and is being treated for a leg injury he announced A firearm was also seized I have ordered the Colombian military and police forces and intelligence agencies to deploy all their capabilities to urgently clarify the facts announced Defense Minister Pedro S nchez Former President Uribe announced they attacked the hope of the country a great husband father son brother a great colleague