Everyone has pondered at some time or another whether or not miracles truly exist. For Cristina Kirchner, the answer this afternoon is, undoubtedly, "YES."
Seriously: She came within about 1/8 of an inch of dying right there. Who knows why the gun jammed, but it did.
Argentina's official news agency, Télam, identified the man as 35-year-old Brazilian national Fernando Andre Sabag Montiel.
The Argentine Ministry of Security confirmed the weapon used in the incident was a .380 firearm with bullets inside.
In a televised address late Thursday, Argentina's President Alberto Fernández said the suspect aimed a loaded gun at Fernández de Kirchner, which did not fire despite the pulled trigger.
"Cristina is still alive because -- for some reason we can't technically confirm at this moment -- the weapon, which was armed with five bullets, did not shoot although the trigger was pulled," he said.
The gun when the would-be killer tried to fire it:
Thank goodness for the poorly maintained firearms of assassins!
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