A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to seven years in juvenile prison for shooting Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turba at a rally in Bogota in June.
The conservative senator, who was 39, underwent several operations after being hit by three bullets, but died on August 11.
The teenager was charged with attempted murder and illegal possession of firearms. After years of peace, the shootings shocked Colombians, who still remembered the political violence of the 1980s and 1990s when several presidential candidates and influential Colombian figures were killed.
Five others have been arrested and charged in connection with the attack, including criminal suspect Élder José Arteaga Hernandez.
Police say they believe a group of dissidents, former left-wing FARC rebels, were behind the killing.
Uribe was shot in the head at a campaign rally on June 7.
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