India, June 9 -- Colombian presidential candidate, Senator Miguel Uribe, who was shot twice in the head during a campaign rally in Bogota and rushed to the hospital, was said to be in a "grave condition" and "fighting for his life".

The 39-year-old Uribe underwent successful initial surgery to treat the injuries from Saturday's assassination attempt. However, doctors warned that his condition was still serious, news agency AFP reported.

Medics at Bogota's Santa Fe Clinic said, Uribe remains in "the most grave condition and the prognosis is reserved".

The Senator's shooting left the entire nation in shock, for Colombia believed that its history of bloody political and narcotics violence was largely in the past.

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