Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalized due to complications related to a previous stab injury

14 Apr 2025 04:48

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Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalized due to complications related to a previous stab injury

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized Friday due to complications from a stab wound he sustained during a 2018 campaign rally ahead of his election, News.Az informs via UPI.

"Hello friends, I'm at the Rio Grande hospital here in Natal. Yesterday, I received emergency treatment at the hospital in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte," Bolsonaro said in a video message on social media on Saturday.

"There's a very good chance I'll be taken to Brasilia to continue treatment and possible surgery. I would like to thank all the doctors and nurses at these two hospitals for their attentive care."

Bolsonaro, 70, later shared video footage of him walking out of the hospital and waving to a large crowd of cheering supporters. Attached to him was some sort of tubing to the nasal area of his face.

His son, Carlos Bolsonaro, said Sunday that the former president was undergoing his "seventh life-threatening surgery" after the alleged assassination attempt.

Jair Bolsonaro served as Brazil's president from 2019 to 2023, winning office on a far-right platform after nearly three decades in Congress. A former army captain, he campaigned as an anti-establishment figure promising to stamp out corruption and revive the economy.

News.Az