Pope Francis holds the weekly basic viewers, in Paul VI corridor on the Vatican, August 9, 2023. (REUTERS File Photo)
In a telegram, Pope Francis on Saturday expressed his condolences over the homicide of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
Francis urged the political forces and residents of Ecuador to unite “in a common effort for peace,” in keeping with Vatican News.
He condemned “the unjustifiable violence.”
Villavicencio was shot lifeless Wednesday whereas leaving a marketing campaign rally within the capital Quito.
The assault passed off at 6.20 p.m. (2320GMT) as he was leaving the Anderson School.
Villavicencio, who most polls put in fourth place among the many eight candidates competing in elections on Aug. 20, had constructed his marketing campaign across the battle in opposition to corruption and arranged crime.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
