Right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed while campaigning [View all]
Source: The Washington Post
By Marina Lopes
September 6 at 3:56 PM
BELEM, Brazil — Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, the frontrunner in the country’s October elections, was stabbed in the abdomen during a campaign rally in southeastern Brazil on Thursday, his family said.
He was in stable condition at a local hospital, his son said in message posted to Twitter..
Cellphone footage released by local media showed the candidate sitting on a supporter’s shoulders and waving to the crowd when someone plunged a knife into his abdomen. He was carried by his supporters to a car, clutching his side.
A right-wing former soldier and evangelical, he has topped the polls with an estimated 22 percent of prospective votes, after a judge barred former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from running last week due to corruption charges.
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