Gun jams during bid to kill Argentina vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner - BBC News

Argentina's vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has narrowly avoided assassination after a gunman's weapon jammed as he aimed at her.

Footage shows the moment de Kirchner - surrounded by a mob of supporters - found herself face-to-face with the loaded weapon.

The former president was returning home from court, where she faces allegations of corruption. She denies the charges.