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The Brazilian Report on the BBC – assassination attempt against Jair Bolsonaro

Right-wing presidential hopeful Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed in the stomach this afternoon during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, in the state of Minas Gerais. While being carried on the shoulders of supporters through the town center, Mr. Bolsonaro was attacked by a member of the public wielding a kitchen knife.

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