Brazilian presidential candidate stabbed from the front at rally
Brazil's presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed during a rally while campaigning for next month's election.
On Thursday, Bolsonaro, notorious for making racist, sexist and homophobic remarks, was being led through a crowd on the shoulders of supporters in Juiz de Fora city in the southern state of Minhas Gervais when an assailant stabbed him from the front and he appeared to scream in pain.
Bolsonaro was immediately taken to a hospital where medical officials and his family said he was in a stable condition. "Unfortunately it was more serious than we hoped," tweeted his son Flavio Bolsonaro.
"The wound reached part of his liver, lung and intestine. He lost a lot of blood, reaching the hospital... Almost dead... His condition now seems stable. Please pray!"
A man identified as Adelio Bispo de Oliveira, 40 was arrested, the Brazil's federal police said.
According to a voter survey released on Wednesday, the rightist would finish first in the October 7 election if imprisoned former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose candidacy was declared invalid by election authorities does not participate, but he would lose in a runoff. -PTC News
