Forward and shot him in the head. His death was confirmed on social media by current president guillermo lasso. Mr lasso vowed that this crime will not go unpunished. He called for an an urgent meeting of his top officials to address the killing. The countrys attorney general s office said on social media that the suspect in the attack had died from injuries sustained in a shoot out with police. Ecuador s election is scheduled to take place on august 20th. Live now to samantha schmidt, Washington Post Bogota Bureau chief. What is the latest you are learning about this attack . This is a really abrasive assassination that is stunning ecuador. It is unprecedented in this country which is a historically peaceful country that has recently begins doomed by Drug Trafficking and violence, in the aftermath of this attack two other president ial candidates said they are suspending their campaigns. In response to this, to the security threats, but also to respect this event and the president is
2 1 in slovakia against Slovan Bratislava with all three goals in that match coming in the opening 15 minutes. Elsewhere, rangers won 2 1 at home to swiss Side Servette with the visitors grabbing what could be a crucial goal ahead of the home leg next week. We had some really good chances, but obviously we go there one goal up, but we will treat the game as if we were going in 0 0. So it is a good start, a better performance compared to the weekend, so we know we move on from this will do you feel that obviously with another game under your belt before that second lengthy performance will be imprudent as they give you confidence you can go out there and finish the job . Yeah, it is another game to gel together and those who are super lonely weekend who will play on the weekend will give their best, and we will give their best, and we will give it a whole to make sure we are in the that will give it a whole and keep pushing on the results will go. With just two days to go until the new
In the Qualifier Round saw panathanaikos 1 0 winners over marseille and Maccabi Haifa prevailed 2 1 in slovakia against slovan bratislava, with all three goals in that match coming in the opening 15 minutes. Elsewhere, rangers won 2 1 at home to swiss side servette, with the visitors grabbing what could be a crucial goal ahead of the home leg next week. Created some really good chances. Obviously, we go there one goal up, but well obviously treat that game as if we are going in 0 0, so its a good start, a better performance compared to the weekend, so we move on from this. And do you feel that obviously, with another game under your belt which youll get on saturday before that second leg, the performance will all be improved . And does that give you confidence that you can go out there and finish the job . Yeah, its another game to gel together, and whoever is asked to play on the weekend, theyre going to give it 100 . Anyone who is asked to play the second leg, were going to give it o
45 people, including three children, had been on the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax last thursday. Four survivors originally from the ivory coast and guinea gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. The three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. These pictures show Rescue Workers helping migrants in trouble around the lampedusa coast at the weekend, one of several rescues in recent days. 0ur rome correspondent, sofia bettiza, has been following the story. This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Only four people survived, the three men and a woman from guinea and the ivory coast. They said they were on board a ship with 45 people in total, including three children. They described it as a very small metal boat about seven metres long. They said that after a few hours at sea, the boat capsized and sank, apparently because of a big wave. It threw everybody into the water and they said that only 15 people were weari
On Craig Robertson at his home in utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by mr biden. Our North America correspondent nomia iqbal shared this latest update from washington, dc. The details that we have so far is, as you mentioned there, the suspect s name was Craig Robertson. We understand he was 75 years old. And there was a criminal complaint that had already been filed in the District Court of utah regarding serious concerns about him. So one of the charges that he was facing was threats against the president ive got the criminal complaint in front of me but fbi agents conducted surveillance of his home back in march. They wanted to talk to him about his Social Media Posts. He told them, according to the complaint, to come back with an Arrest Warrant which they did. Now, when you look at the criminal complaint and the evidence that they had compiled against him, it included Social Media Posts that hed put up. And theyre very dark messages. They show violence towards