Incredible escape after assassin's gun jams at point blank range
Evening Standard
|September 02, 2022
ARGENTINIAN VICE-PRESIDENT CHEATS DEATH AS PISTOL IS HELD INCHES FROM FACE SHER RANDY
ARGENTINA'S vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has survived an assassination attempt after a man tried to shoot her at point-blank range outside her home.
Dramatic video broadcast on TV showed Ms Fernández de Kirchner exiting her vehicle surrounded by supporters and then a man is seen extending his hand with what looks like a pistol. The vice-president ducks as people around the gunman appear stunned at what is unfolding.

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