Argentina Vice President Cristina Kirchner Is Unharmed After Assassination Attempt

A person pointed a gun on the head of Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner at shut vary Thursday evening and appeared to drag the set off, video of the incident replayed on Argentine tv confirmed.

The weapon didn’t discharge, and police rapidly arrested a 35-year-old man who authorities stated is a Brazilian dwelling in Argentina. In cellphone movies on social media, Mrs. Kirchner, who wasn’t harmed, could be seen from a number of angles flinching and ducking after the gunman aimed the weapon at her face from simply inches away on a busy avenue within the elegant Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires.