Source : NEW INDIAN EXPRESS NEWS
Images from the scene of the shooting showed Uribe slumped against the hood of a white car, smeared with blood, as a group of men tried to hold him and stop the bleeding.
The suspect was injured in the affray and was receiving treatment, said police director Carlos Fernando Triana.
Two others — a man and a woman — were also wounded, and a Glock-style firearm was seized.
“Our hearts are broken, Colombia hurts,” Carolina Gomez, a 41-year-old businesswoman, told AFP as she prayed with candles for Uribe’s health.
‘Day of pain’
The motive for the attack is not yet publicly known. Colombia’s defense minister Pedro Sanchez vowed to use law enforcement’s full capabilities and offered a roughly US$725,000 reward for information about who was behind the shooting.
In a video address to the nation posted on social media, President Gustavo Petro also promised investigations to find the perpetrators of the “day of pain”.
“What matters most today is that all Colombians focus with the energy of our hearts, with our will to live … on ensuring that Dr Miguel Uribe stays alive.”
In an earlier statement, Petro condemned the violence as “an attack not only against his person, but also against democracy, freedom of thought, and the legitimate exercise of politics in Colombia.”
The shooting was similarly condemned across the political spectrum and from overseas, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling it “a direct threat to democracy.”
But Rubio also pointed blame at Petro, claiming the attack was the “result of the violent leftist rhetoric coming from the highest levels of the Colombian government.”
“President Petro needs to dial back the inflammatory rhetoric and protect Colombian officials,” the top US diplomat said.
SOURCE :- NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
