Argentina’s vice-president survives assassination attempt

WORLD, Sept. 02 (YPA) – The vice president of Argentina has survived an assassination attempt after a man pointed a loaded gun, which failed to fire, at her head, on Thursday in Buenos Aires.

While Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was greeting her supporters in the Argentine capital, a man approached her out of a large crowd and pulled the trigger of a handgun at her head, but the weapon misfired, according to multiple reports.

Authorities were later able to take the alleged shooter, Fernando Andres Sabag Montiel, into custody.

The 35-year-old Brazilian man lives in Argentina, according to police.

E.M