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Uruguayan footballer shot during theft

Xinhua, August 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

Uruguayan footballer Alexis Viera suffered serious injuries after being shot in the chest during a robbery in Colombia, doctors said on Wednesday.

The 36-year-old, a goalkeeper for Depor in Colombia's second division, underwent emergency surgery and remains in intensive care, according to Cali's Valle del Lili hospital.

Media reports said Viera and his partner, Andrea Fabiana, were confronted by the assailants after leaving a bank.

Viera is said to have been shot after struggling with the thieves.

Surgeon Alberto Garcia said Viera sustained a spinal injury and lost sensation in his legs.

"The patient, Alexis Viera, who was injured by a gunshot, was evaluated and resuscitated by the emergency team, and a few minutes later it was decided that emergency surgery was required since he had lesions in both lobules of the left lung," Garcia said.

Viera's career has included spells at Colombia's America de Cali and Uruguayan giants Penarol and Nacional.

Police are offering a reward of about 15,000 US dollars for information about the incident. Endi