India, June 8 -- Colombia senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe was shot in the head during a rally on Sunday. The Colombian leader is the son of former journalist Diana Turbay, who was once kidnapped by a group linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Thirty-nine-year-old Senator Miguel Uribe was speaking to supporters in Bogota when a gunman shot him twice in the head and once in the knee. As per police, the suspect is a 15-year-old boy, who was detained after the attack.

The senator was rushed to the hospital in "critical condition". As per the Santa Fe clinic in Bogota, the presidential candidate underwent "neurosurgical" and "peripheral vascular procedure."

He "overcame the first surgical procedure," Bogota mayor Carlos Fernan...