A Colombian presidential candidate has been shot and seriously injured at a campaign event in the capital, Bogota.Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was hit three times - reportedly twice in the head - by a gunman while he was addressing a small crowd in a park on Saturday.

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.

A 15-year-old youth was arrested in relation to the shooting after being beaten up by a crowd. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.