BOGOTA, Colombia — A conservative Colombian senator, presidential hopeful and grandson of a former president was shot from behind at a campaign event Saturday in the capital, Bogotá, according to his party.

The shooting of the senator, Miguel Uribe Turbay, by unknown perpetrators comes amid escalating political tension in the country as the country’s leftist president, Gustavo Petro, tries to pass a labor reform opposed by Uribe and other conservatives.

Conflict between armed groups also continues to plague the country, though it has taken place mostly in the countryside.

Uribe’s condition and a motive for the shooting were not immediately clear.

In a statement, his party, the Democratic Center, called the event “an unacceptable act of violence.”

“We energetically reject this attack t

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