Argentina’s Vice-President Survives Assassination Attempt

Argentina’s Vice-President Survives Assassination Attempt

Argentina’s vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, one of Latin America’s best-known politicians, has survived an assassination attempt after a man pointed a loaded gun, which failed to fire, at her head.

“Cristina is still alive because, for some reason, the gun which was loaded with five bullets did not fire, despite the trigger being pulled,” President Alberto Fernández said in an emergency television broadcast on Thursday. “This is something enormously serious. It is the most serious thing which has happened since we recovered our democracy.”

Video footage showed a pistol being pointed from a crowd at the vice-president’s face at close range as she emerged from a car outside her residence in the Buenos Aires suburb of Recoleta.

Fernández de Kirchner, who was not hurt, attempted to duck as bystanders pushed the would-be assassin away. Police have arrested a 35-year-old Brazilian man in connection with the crime, local media reported.

They said his social media accounts showed that he had followed extremist groups associated with hate speech, including one denouncing “satanic communism”.

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