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Last Updated: August 10, 2023, 06:27 IST
Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio speaks during a campaign rally in Quito, Ecuador August 9, 2023. (Reuters)
Ecuadorian candidate shot dead after rally. Fernando Villavicencio, journalist and presidential hopeful, killed in Quito
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was fatally shot following a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, local media reported citing Interior Minister Juan Zapata.
The 59-year-old journalist, Villavicencio, stood among the eight contenders in the August 20 presidential election.
JUST IN: Second video emerges from outside rally event at the moment Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated. pic.twitter.com/c98bAoPdnz— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) August 10, 2023
The story is developing and more information is awaited.
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