Colombian Senator, Would-Be Presidential Candidate Shot, Wounded at Bogota Rally

Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a possible candidate in the country's presidential election next year, was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday, authorities said.

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His conservative Democratic Center party released a statement 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, said the right-wing Democratic Center, which was the party of former President Alvaro Uribe. The men are not related.