Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner "did not realize at any moment" Thursday evening in front of her residence in the Recoleta neighborhood in Buenos Aires of the presence of a person who, a short distance from her, pulled the trigger of a gun that did not fire.
Kirchner confirmed in 50 minutes of statements to the head of the investigation, María Eugenia Capuchetti, that " she never noticed the attack " by Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel, and that she "understood what had happened only when she got into her apartment".
The vice president's gesture of lowering her head and leaning towards the ground was not an instinctive reaction to the aggressive act, but simply the desire to " pick up a book that had fallen to the ground ".
The Argentine newspaper reporting the news concludes that "as can be seen in the videos, after having had the weapon a few centimeters away without her noticing it, Cristina Kirchner continued to greet the people repeatedly , while the guard men of the her confidence pushed her, without too much energy, to remove her from the scene. "
For his part, Sabag Montiel , accused of attempted murder, refused to answer the questions of the judge and prosecutor Carlos Rivolo, limiting himself to having suffered damage to an eye when people blocked him and prevented him from escaping. Finally it was learned that the report on the 32 caliber Bersa pistol found on the ground confirmed that "it was in a position to shoot" but that "there was no bullet in the barrel of the gun".
(Unioneonline / L)
