Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was assassinated as she greeted supporters outside her home. One of the men raised a gun to her face and pulled the trigger. However, the vice president remained alive, because there was a misfire and the gun did not fire.
"Christina is alive because the gun, which had five rounds, did not work for a technical reason that has yet to be established," said Argentine President Alberto Fernandez.
The attacker was detained - he is a 35-year-old citizen of Brazil, Fernando Andre Sabag Montiel. In 2021, he was detained after a 35-centimeter knife was found in his possession, according to Argentine mass media. He used a pistol of the Argentine brand Bersa. There is no information about his motives.
We will remind, earlier tens of thousands of people in Buenos Aires came to a rally against the economic policy of their government.
