Candidate Miguel Uribe is in critical condition after being attacked during the election campaign in Colombia.

A 15-year-old boy was arrested accused of shooting Miguel Uribe, a presidential candidate in Colombia, twice in the head. Uribe, a senator and presidential candidate for the opposition Democratic Center party, was shot twice while participating in an election event. The man was taken to a hospital in Bogotá, where the event was being held, in critical condition. The detained 15-year-old is believed to be the perpetrator of the attack, and the politician's own supporters held him until the arrival of security forces, who are now offering a reward of 3 billion pesos (approximately 639,000 euros) to anyone with information about the attack.

At the time of the attack, Uribe was addressing his supporters from a platform. Shots were then heard, and he fell to the ground. In images circulating online, he can be seen lying unconscious with blood on his head. The young man arrested was also injured, this time by a gunshot to the leg. The attacker remains in a clinic in the capital.

Miguel Uribe is the son of Diana Turbay, a journalist who died in 1991 during a rescue operation after being kidnapped by drug trafficker Pablo Escobar. His grandfather, Julio César Turbay, was president from 1978 to 1982. However, despite sharing the same surname, he is not related to Álvaro Uribe, who served as president of Colombia from 2002 to 2010. The current president, Gustavo Petro, appeared after the local election to announce the opening of an official investigation. "This act of violence is an attack not only against the senator's physical integrity, but also against democracy and freedom of thought, as well as the legitimate exercise of politics in Colombia," he said.