The assault on the conservative senator, who was hoping to run for president, is reminiscent of the murders of five presidential candidates between 1986 and 1990

The conservative Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay has been shot and seriously injured at a campaign rally in the capital, Bogota. It was a brazen attack captured on video and shook a country

The assault took place on Saturday in a park as the country gears up for next year’s presidential election. Uribe, a 39-year-old senator, was shot twice – in the head and the chest, according to Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office. The suspect is a 15-year-old who is in custody.