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'Disastrous, heartbreaking': Colombians rally after attack on candidate / 49MB4T3
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People take to the streets in Bogota to reject the attack on opposition right-wing candidate and Senator Miguel Uribe, who was shot and wounded in the head during a meeting with supporters. "Disastrous. I feel as if we've gone back to the Colombia of the 1980s and 90s, when political leaders were being assassinated," says 50-year-old lawyer Francisco Borrero.
Thirty-nine-year-old right-wing Senator underwent successful initial surgery to contain injuries, but doctors warned his life was still in serious peril.
Uribe's shooting has utterly shocked a nation that had believed decades of bloody political and narco violence were largely in the past. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES