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Argentina’s Vice-President survives assassination attempt after gun misfires
This still image taken from a video provided by Television Publica Argentina shows a man pointing a gun at Argentina´s Vice President Cristina Fernandez during an event in front of her home in the Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Thursday, September 1, 2022
A MAN tried to kill Argentina’s Vice-President Cristina Fernandez outside her home, but the handgun misfired, the country’s president said.
The man was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident on Thursday night, officials said.
President Alberto Fernandez — who is not related to the vice-president, a former president herself — said the pistol did not discharge when the man tried to fire it.
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