A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to seven years in juvenile detention for shooting Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay at a rally in Bogotá in June.

The conservative senator, who was 39, underwent multiple surgeries after being hit by three bullets but died on 11 August.

The teenager was charged with attempted murder and the illegal possession on firearms.

After years of growing peace, the shooting shocked Colombians, who still remembered the political violence of the 1980s and 90s when several presidential candidates and influential Colombian figures were assassinated.

Five others have been arrested and charged in relation to the attack, including suspected criminal Élder José Arteaga Hernandez.