An opposition senator died in hospital two months after being wounded in an assassination attempt, reviving memories of Colombia's recent history of political violence.
UNN reports with reference to BBC.
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Colombian senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, who was wounded two months ago during a campaign speech, has died, his wife announced on Instagram. The politician was 39 years old. Earlier it was reported that Uribe's condition had deteriorated to a life-threatening level.
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UNN reported that according to specialists from Santa Fe Hospital in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, as a result of a brain hemorrhage, Uribe required "neurosurgical intervention". In total, the politician underwent several operations in recent weeks.
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39-year-old Uribe Turbay was a presidential candidate from the opposition Democratic Center Party.
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