Leading Brazilian Presidential Candidate Jair Bolsonaro Stabbed

Sep 07, 2018, 10:44 AM

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(RIO DE JANEIRO) — Jair Bolsonaro, a leading presidential candidate whose heated rhetoric has electrified some voters and angered others in a deeply polarized Brazil, was stabbed at a campaign event Thursday and suffered serious abdominal injuries.

Police said the suspected attacker was in custody.

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