Colombian presidential candidate Senator Miguel Uribe has been shot in the head at an event in Bogota during a public speech. Panic erupts as gunfire breaks out and supporters flee for safety

El Tiempo reported the shooter to be a teenager

According to witnesses, the 15-year-old assailant rode up on a motorcycle, approached the senator to a distance of about one and a half meters and shot him in the back about six times.

One of the bullets hit Uribe in the head, the politician is in the hospital fighting for his life.

The mayor of the capital said the assailant has been detained.

 Colombia’s defense minister said he would hold an urgent meeting with police and military officials following the attack on Uribe.