People gather outside Santa Fe Foundation hospital, where Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay of the opposition Democratic Center party was shifted from another hospital, after he was shot during a campaign event, in Bogota, Colombia on June 7, 2025
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Spain on Sunday (June 8, 2025) condemned the attempted assassination of a Colombian right-wing opposition senator and candidate in next year’s presidential election, saying “violence has no place in our societies”.
“Spain conveys its best wishes for a speedy recovery to the victim and all its solidarity to his family and friends, as well as to the Colombian people,” the Spanish Foreign Ministry added in a statement.
Colombian senator Miguel Uribe was speaking to supporters in the capital when a gunman shot him twice in the head and once in the knee.
A security guard managed to detain the suspected attacker, a minor believed to be 15 years old.
Uribe was airlifted to hospital in critical condition and underwent surgery for his wounds, the Santa Fe Clinic in Bogota said.
Published – June 08, 2025 05:14 pm IST
