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Argentina: Assassination attempt of vice president fails when gun misfires
Police stand guard outside the residence of Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Buenos Aires on September 2, 2022. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A man tried to kill Argentina's politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández outside her home, but the handgun misfired, the country's president said.The man was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident Thursday night, officials said.President Alberto Fernández, 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."A man pointed a firearm at her head and pulled the trigger," the president said in a national broadcast following the incident.