Brazil's presidential campaign was thrown into chaos on Friday as the far-right front-runner was in serious condition after he was stabbed at a rally, just a month before the vote, raising fears of increased violence in the wide-open race. He could need two months to fully recover from Thursday's attack and will spend at least a week in the hospital, following the life-threatening injuries, doctors said. Meanwhile, fears of a flare-up in violence following the stabbing cast a shadow over Brazil on Friday as the nation celebrated Independence Day with political rallies expected in hundreds of cities. He will win in the first round," Flavio Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro's son, said on Friday. Under Brazil's campaign laws, Bolsonaro's tiny coalition has almost no campaign time on government-regulated candidate commercial blocs on television and radio.

Source: dna September 07, 2018 14:37 UTC