- Title: Stabbed Brazilian presidential candidate transferred to Sao Paulo hospital
- Date: 7th September 2018
- Summary: JUIZ DE FORA, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL (SEPTEMBER 07, 2018) (REUTERS) AMBULANCE USED TO TRANSFER STABBED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, JAIR BOLSONARO, TO AIRPORT AMBULANCE LEAVING HOSPITAL FOR AIRPORT BOLSONARO'S SON, FLAVIO BOLSONARO, AMONGST JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BOLSONARO'S SON, FLAVIO BOLSONARO, SAYING: "He just left. He came out OK. Once again, he's in good spiri
- Embargoed: 21st September 2018 14:58
- Keywords: Jair Bolsonaro stabbing presidential candidate serious condition Juiz de Fora
- Location: JUIZ DE FORA, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL
- City: JUIZ DE FORA, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA0028WMQ347
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- Story Text:The leading candidate in Brazil's presidential election is in serious but stable condition after being stabbed by an assailant at a campaign rally on Thursday (September 6), doctors said, pushing an already chaotic campaign into further disarray.
Far-right firebrand Congressman Jair Bolsonaro was transferred by plane on Friday (September 7) morning from a hospital in the city of Juiz de Fora, where he was attacked, to Sao Paulo where he will continue his recovery.
Bolsonaro, a controversial figure who has enraged many Brazilians for years with divisive comments, but has a devout following among conservative voters, could take two months to fully recover and will spend at least a week in the hospital, said Dr. Luiz Henrique Borsato, who operated on the candidate.
Flavio Bolsonaro, the candidate's son, said early Friday outside the hospital that his father was in "good spirits" as he was transferred. He also said he trusted federal police to investigate the attack on his father.
The Federal Police said in a statement that it had officers escorting Bolsonaro at the time of the knife attack and the "aggressor" was caught in the act. It said the circumstances were being investigated.
Local police in Juiz de Fora confirmed to Reuters that the suspect, Adelio Bispo de Oliveira, 40, was in custody and that he appeared to be mentally disturbed.
Oliveira was affiliated with the leftwing Socialism and Liberty Party from 2007 to 2014, the party said in a written statement, in which it repudiated the violence.
Police video taken at a precinct and aired by TV Globo showed Oliveira telling police that he had been ordered by God to carry out the attack. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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