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Argentina's federal police discovered 100 bullets while searching the home of Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel, who attempted to assassinate Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernández on Thursday.
The attempted shooter was overpowered within seconds after trying to fire from within a crowd of the VP's supporters outside her home.
The assailant pointed the weapon at Argentina VP Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner outside her Buenos Aires home from point-blank range
The vice president did not appear to have suffered any injury, and the man was overpowered within seconds as he stood among a crowd of her supporters.
A new mood of unease pervaded Argentina on Friday as rattled citizens woke to the aftermath of a gun attack on their high-profile vice president that, barring a mechanical malfunction, could well have killed her. The assailant pointed the weapon - which authorities said was loaded - at Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner outside her central Buenos Aires home from point-blank range, but it failed to discharge. Politicians on all sides in Argentina condemned the attack, which happened amid acute political tensions as the country sinks deeper into an economic crisis driven by runaway debt and inflat...