The image of the man pointing at Kirchner's head after the Argentine vice president got out of a car was reproduced by several TV channels. “Now the situation has to be analyzed by our Scientific (police) people to assess the traces and the capacity and disposition that this person had”, said the Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández.
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Police identified the suspect as Fernando Sabag Montiel, a Brazilian with a criminal record. (The globe)
Images transmitted by Public Television show that Fernando pointed a firearm at the vice president as soon as she got out of a car to greet supporters, who were waiting for her in front of her house in the Argentine capital.
Cristina Kirchner served as president of the country between 2007 and 2015. Shortly after the incident, several politicians opposing Kirchner expressed their condemnation of the attack and demanded “immediate investigation” of the case. (Earth) Artists, activists and political leaders from around the world also expressed their condemnation of the act. (Folha de S.Paulo)
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