Biodun.BBC: Brazil far-right presidential candidate stabbed while campaigning

by Renee Celeste and Biodun Iginla, France24, Minas Gerais, Brazil

© Evaristo Sa, AFP | Evaristo Sa, AFP | In this file picture taken on September 5, 2018, Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro gestures at the crowd during a campaign rally in the district of Ceilandia in Brasilia. Brazil presidential hopeful Bolsonaro was hurt in a knife attack, his son informed on September 6, 2018.

Latest update : 2018-09-06

Brazilian far-right and poll-leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed in the abdomen while campaigning on Thursday for next month's election, his son Flavio said in a Twitter message sent from his verified account.

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Bolsonaro is recovering in a hospital from a wound what was "only superficial," his son said. Globo TV showed images of Bolsonaro in the midst of a crowd in Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais state when he was stabbed.

Date created : 2018-09-06