The attempted assassination of Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner by a Brazilian has forced Brazil's main presidential candidates to re-evaluate their security arrangements ahead of the Oct. 2 vote, sources said on Friday.
Kirchner escaped unharmed on Thursday after a 35-year-old man of Brazilian origin fired a loaded gun, just inches from her head, that failed to go off. The shooter's nationality underlined growing concerns about political violence in highly polarized Brazil in the lead-up to its election.
Bolsonaro, who often campaigns in a bulletproof vest, nearly died in 2018 when he was knifed on the campaign trail. "I am sorry, it's a risk that everyone takes, I almost died in 2018 and I didn't see the left worrying about me, but it's okay," Bolsonaro told reporters on Friday afternoon while in the southern city of Porto Alegre. "I hope that the investigation is carried out to see if it was his idea or if someone hired him to do this."
"We will have to take a close look at this increase in political violence in the country, which is encouraged by the current president," Teixeira told Reuters. "My feeling is that a Brazilian trying to kill the vice president of Argentina is the result of this violence preached by the current president."
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