- The Argentine authorities investigate what happened as attempted murder.
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| The Vice President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, greets her supporters as she leaves her residence guarded by a security device. |
Cristina Fernández affirms that she did not realize that they were pointing a gun at her
The vice president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, has assured the judge that she was not aware of the assassination attempt against her at the time it occurred, but that she knew what had happened when she entered her home in Buenos Aires.
Fernández gave a statement on Friday morning before Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti and prosecutor Carlos Rívolo and came to admit that she was not aware that a man had pointed a gun at her just a few hours before, according to judicial sources cited by the newspaper. The nation.
The authorities are investigating what happened as attempted murder, but Fernández did not ask in his first statement to join as an accusation in the case, which would give him access to the file and allow him to appeal decisions.
The detainee, Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel, 35 years old and of Brazilian origin, has refused to testify in his first opportunity before the judge and the prosecutor, although he has recognized as his own the 32-caliber Bersa pistol that he triggered and that, according to the first investigations, had firing capacity, reports the Télam agency.
In addition, more than twenty witnesses have already testified, mainly supporters of Fernández who were next to the house when the attack took place, and members of the security personnel.
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