The Colombian senator Miguel Uribay Turbay was shot in Bogota during the pre -election rally. According to local media, an unidentified bomber shot the senator at the back of firearms. The politician in a serious condition was taken to the hospital, who informed what was happening to the politician.
Candidate in presidential elections The 39-year-old senator planned for May next year is a member of the opposition conservative party of the Democratic Center.
According to the party's statement, the senator, the senator was attacked during a pre -election event in the city park in the Fontibon district in Bogota. Uribe bodyguards responded with fire. As the mayor of Bogota Carlos Galan informed, the bomber was captured. He was a 15-year-old boy, he had a 9-mm glock pistol with him.
The hospital in which Uribe stayed, he said that the politician had survived the first surgery and still remains in the intensive care unit.
Source: PAP/EPA/MAURICIO DUENAS CASTANDA
The government “categorically and firmly” condemned the assassination
In the issued statement, the Colombian government “categorically and firmly” condemned the assassination and appealed to conduct a detailed investigation. The government also set a cash prize for providing information about the organizers of the assassination.
The agencies remind that Uribe's mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was murdered in 1991 after she was kidnapped by militants belonging to the drug cartel from Medellin Pablo Escobar.
Reaction of the Secretary of State of the USA
The Secretary of State also referred to the matter USA Marco Rubio. “The United States with all power condemns the attempt to murder Senator Miguel Uribe,” wrote Rubio.
“Seeing the first -hand progress of Colombia over the past few decades in the field of security consolidation and democracy, it cannot afford to return to the dark days of political violence,” he added.
Author/author: MJZ, KKOP/ADS
Source: PAP, Reuters
Source of the main photo: PAP/EPA/MAURICIO DUENAS CASTANDA