Leading candidate injured in knife attack
China Daily | Updated: 2018-09-08 06:54
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is in serious condition after being hospitalized from a stab wound, local media reported on Thursday.
Videos posted online showed Bolsonaro was being carried on his supporters' shoulders in a large crowd, when someone quickly stabbed him in the abdomen. Bolsonaro was then carried to safety, but appeared to be unconscious.
Police promptly arrested the suspect identified as 40-year-old Adelio Bispo de Oliveira, who was immediately grabbed by Bolsonaro's supporters.
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