Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro Is Hospitalized With Abdominal Pains

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized on Friday after complaining of strong abdominal pains, causing the right-wing leader to interrupt his participation in a political rally.

Bolsonaro left an event with supporters after feeling “strong” pains in the same part of his body where he was stabbed while campaigning for president in September 2018, the press office of his party Partido Liberal said in a statement. He was admitted to a hospital in Santa Cruz, a town in the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte, and later transported via helicopter to a hospital in the state capital, Natal, the political party said.