Argentina suspends soccer matches after vp assassination try

All soccer matches in Argentina had been suspended on Friday after an assassination try on the nation’s vp, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

The Argentinian Soccer Affiliation (AFA) made the announcement on Thursday night time after the assault, which happened in Buenos Aires.

Fernandez de Kirchner was arriving at her house within the Recoleta neighbourhood when a person emerged from a crowd and pointed a gun at her head from shut vary.

The pistol — which was loaded with 5 bullets — was triggered however didn’t hearth appropriately. A 35-year-old man has been arrested.

Friday Sept. 2 was declared a nationwide vacation by president Alberto Fernandez and the AFA stated that each one footballing exercise on account of happen had been suspended.

“The Argentinian Soccer Affiliation expresses its strongest repudiation of what occurred with vp Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner,” the AFA stated in an announcement. “We name on society as a complete, warning that violence of any variety isn’t the answer.”

Three matches had been on account of happen in Argentina’s First Division on Friday: Patronato vs. Union, Rosario Central vs. Talleres and Lanus vs. Tigre.

Numerous different video games have additionally been postponed, together with in Argentina’s regionalised third tier, the ladies’s championship, and the reserve league.