Argentina: Attempt to kill VP fails when handgun misfires

This still image taken from a video provided by Television Publica Argentina shows a man pointing a gun at Argentinas Vice President Cristina Fernandez during an event in front of her home in the Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. [AP]

A man tried to kill Argentina's politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernandez outside her home, but the handgun misfired, the country's president said. The man was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident Thursday night, officials said.

President Alberto Fernandez, who is not related to the vice president, a former president herself, said the pistol did not discharge when the man tried to fire it.