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Argentine president says man tried to shoot vice president

Police guard the scene where a man pointed a gun at Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez [AP Photo]

A man was detained Thursday night after he aimed a handgun at point-blank range toward Argentina's politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernandez, and President Alberto Fernandez said the assassination attempt failed because the gun did not fire.

"A man pointed a firearm at her head and pulled the trigger," the president said in a national broadcast.

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