Colombian Senator 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.

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential contender, was shot in Bogota on Saturday, according to the government and his party, as his wife said he was fighting for his life in hospital.

Colombian opposition senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot in Bogotá on Saturday evening, in an attack that has shocked a country with a long history of political violence.