A man was arrested Thursday in Argentina for pointing a gun at Vice President Cristina Kirchner as she was returning home, Security Minister Anibal Fernandez said.
Several television channels broadcast the image of this individual pointing to the head of Cristina Kirchner when she got out of the car that was taking her to her home in the Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
“Now the situation must be analyzed by our forensic personnel to analyze the fingerprints and the capacity and the disposition that this person had,” said the minister.
The man, who did not shoot, approached Cristina Kirchner in the middle of the waiting crowd to greet her and ask her for an autograph for an autobiographical book.
Mobilization against Kirchner, accused of fraud and corruption
Hundreds of activists have gathered since last week in front of the house of Cristina Kirchner, 69, accused of fraud and corruption in the award of public contracts in her bastion of Santa Cruz, in the south of the country, during her two terms in office. presidential. (2007-15).
In this case, the prosecution requested 12 years in prison and lifelong disqualification against Cristina Kirchner.
The attack on the vice president was condemned by the opposition coalition “Together for Change”, which called for an investigation of the events, as well as by the government.
Source: BFM TV
