震驚！厄瓜多總統候選人遭人暗殺　競選活動「頭部中彈」身亡

南美洲國家厄瓜多總統候選人費爾南多．比亞維森西奧（Fernando Villavicencio），9日驚傳於一場競選活動上遭人暗殺、頭部中彈身亡，享年59歲。令人遺憾的是，當地即將於本月20日舉行總統大選，豈料如今卻發生憾事，而現疑似場另有數人受傷。

SHOCKING VIDEO: Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was leading in the polls, has just been assassinated two weeks before an election the 59-year-old was expected to win. Journalists were referring to him as "right-wing" candidate!pic.twitter.com/69wFzCK4DK

— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) August 10, 2023

根據當地媒體報導，比亞維森西奧9日於首都基多（Quito）一場競選造勢活動尾聲、準備搭車離開之際，突然遭一名槍手朝頭部連開3槍、當場倒地，事後經緊急送醫搶救仍不治身亡。此外，警方似乎還於現場尋獲一枚手榴彈，不過最終未引爆。

事後，厄瓜多現任總統拉梭（Guillermo Lasso）已證實噩耗，由於當地近年暴力、槍擊、毒品走私等案件頻傳，他也悲痛承諾要將該名扼殺比亞維森西的兇手繩之以法、不會讓犯罪者消遙法外。

據悉，比亞維森西先前曾任立法議員，本次透過厄瓜多建設運動（Movimiento Construye Ecuador）推派參選總統、為20日首輪投票的8名候選人之一，至於選前支持度民調則顯示為7.5%。

BREAKING: Fernando Villavicencio, a candidate running for President of Ecuador, was just assassinated during a presidential rally.

Please don’t scroll without considering that something like this could happen in America – if we don’t hold the extremist rhetoric accountable.… pic.twitter.com/XFX98hO3T3

— Tamie Wilson for US Congress (OH-4) (@TamieUSCongress) August 10, 2023