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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian presidential candidate from the far right and far right began a physical therapy on Saturday and remained in a serious but stable condition after being stabbed at the start of the war. week, said doctors and relatives.
Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, who is unlikely to return in the footsteps of the election campaign before the Oct. 7 vote, was being fed intravenously but was "in good clinical condition," according to a written statement from the hospital. 'Einstein in Sao Paulo.
The attack further complicates Brazil's most unpredictable elections in three decades. Corruption investigations have jailed dozens of powerful businessmen and politicians in recent years and have alienated exasperated voters.
Bolsonaro, 63, has angered many Brazilians for years with extreme statements about race, sex and sexual preference, but his many supporters also see him as a breath of fresh air in a broken system.
Bolsonaro's son, Flavio, published a verified photo of his father wearing a blue blouse and sat in a bedside chair with tubes from his arms and nose on his Twitter account. The candidate of law and order made his hand gesture with both his hands looking like pistols. Flavio wrote that his father was in physical therapy.
Police have a suspect in detention and only say that they are continuing the investigation and that no clear motive has yet been known, although the abuser has declared to the police to have stabbed Bolsonaro on Thursday on "God's orders".
Investigations routinely give Bolsonaro, a member of the Social Liberal Party, about 22 percent of simulated first-round votes. However, these polls reveal that he could lose to most competitors in the event of a second round, if no candidate wins a majority in the first round.
(Report by Brad Brooks, edited by Diane Craft)
