Brazil Presidential Candidate in Grave Condition After Stabbing Attack on Campaign Trail

Brazil Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro grimaces right after being stabbed in the stomach during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, on Sept. 6, 2018. AP/Raysa Leite

RIO DE JANEIRO—Jair Bolsonaro, a leading presidential candidate whose heated rhetoric has electrified some voters and angered others in a deeply polarized Brazil, was stabbed at a campaign event on Thursday, Sept. 6, and suffered serious abdominal injuries.

Police said the suspected attacker was in custody.