A man was detained Thursday night after he aimed a handgun at point-blank range toward Argentina's politically powerful Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and President Alberto Fernandez said the assassination attempt failed because the gun did not fire.
Politicians on all sides in Argentina condemned the attack, which happened amid acute political tensions as the country sinks deeper into an economic crisis driven by runaway debt and inflation.
Authorities arrested the suspect who held Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at gunpoint in an alleged failed assassination attempt. Several lawmakers were quick to denounce the incident and called for an immediate response.
A Brazilian man was arrested on Thursday in Buenos Aires after attempting to shoot Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernandez in the vicinity of her home, when a vigil was being held in her support, as confirmed to the press by the country s Security Minister, Anibal Fernandez. The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, declared a national holiday for Friday and said: “This event is extremely serious, it is the most serious that has happened since we have recovered our democracy.”