ARGENTINA’S Vice President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was threatened outside her home in Buenos Aires – but she was not harmed and no shots were fired.
In an address on television, Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez said: “A man pointed a firearm at her head and pulled the trigger. Cristina is still alive because, for some reason yet to be confirmed, the gun… did not fire.”
Fernandez said the gun had been loaded with five bullets.
The vice president and former president is on trial on corruption charges which could see her face a 12-year sentence and possible disqualification from public office over public contracts awarded in the early 2000s.
Hundreds of supporters had gathered outside her Buenos Aires home when the attempted attack took place.