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Argentina suspends football matches after vice president assassination attempt

2022-09-02

[ESPN] All football matches in Argentina were suspended on Friday after an assassination attempt on the country's vice president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
AKA Ol' Spackleface
The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) made the announcement Thursday night after the attack, which took place in Buenos Aires.

Fernandez de Kirchner was arriving at her home in the Recoleta neighbourhood when a man emerged from a crowd and pointed a gun at her head from close range.

The pistol -- which was loaded with five bullets -- was triggered but did not fire correctly. A 35-year-old man has been arrested.

Friday was declared a national holiday by President Alberto Fernandez and the AFA said that all football activity had been suspended.

"The Argentinian Football Association expresses its strongest repudiation of what happened with vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner," the AFA said in a statement. "We call on society as a whole, warning that violence of any kind is never the solution."

Three matches had been due to take place in Argentina's First Division on Friday: Patronato vs. Union, Rosario Central vs. Talleres and Lanus vs. Tigre.

A number of other games have also been postponed, including in Argentina's regionalised third tier, the women's championship, and the reserve league.

Posted by:Frank G

#2 The Jackal - in the movie - at least tested his weapon before the big game.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-02 10:56

#1 The pistol -- which was loaded with five bullets -- was triggered but did not fire correctly.

We had friends who were on assignment in Caracas during the early 19990s, at the same time we were in Germany. It was her assignment, so he went househusband for the duration. He’d originally planned on an Air Force career, but it didn’t work out, which was why he noticed the state of the gun used by the hired guards... It had never been cleaned, which showed, but also apparently had not been fired by any of the current users — not so visible.

He spent considerable time that first year there training their guards to clean and shoot the thing, then formally inspected it and them regularly — if one must have guards, they must be capable of doing their job.

Posted by: trailing wife 2022-09-02 10:41

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