The Argentinian president, Alberto Fernández, has spoken in a televised address after a man aimed a handgun at the vice-president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
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She survived only because the gun – which was loaded with five bullets – did not fire, Fernández said.

He urged political leaders, and society at large, to denounce the attack, which took place as Fernández de Kirchner – who appeared unharmed – was greeting supporters outside her home in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires

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