Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed during election campaign
Belem, Sept 7 (IBNS): Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed during a campaign rally in southeastern Brazil on Thursday, media reports said.
Bolsonaro was campaigning for the upcoming presidential elections.
He is now in stable condition at a hospital.
Bolsonaro, the front-runner in the October elections, was sitting on a supporter's shoulders and waiving at the crowd when a person plunged a knife into his abdomen.
He was immediately rushed to a hospital in a dying health condition, media report said.
The stabbing is the second violent incident which occurred during the presidential election campaigns.
In May, several bullets struck busses in a caravan of supporters of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. However, no harm was caused.
Image: facebook.com/jairmessias.bolsonaro
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