Colombian senator Miguel Uribe, a presidential hopeful, was shot twice at a Bogota campaign event by a 15-year-old. He is in critical condition after surgery. The attack sparked national and international condemnation, with authorities vowing to find those responsible.
The 39-year-old, from the conservative Centro Democratico - or Democratic Center - one of the biggest opposition parties in the South American nation, had expressed his intention to run in next year's election, as per CNN.