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Man survives serious suicide attempt
Philadelphia News.Net
Wednesday 20th August, 2008
An 84-year-old Argentine man in the southeast Argentinean town of Punta Alta who shot himself five times in the head in an apparent suicide attempt has survived miraculously.
State news agency Telam has reported the man also shot himself once in the stomach.
Police say despite the serious injuries the man was conscious when they found him.
"He could not speak, but he sat on a stool and made himself understood through gestures," police officer Herman Ruben Gab was quoted as saying.
The man, who lived alone, reportedly used a very old gun and ammunition.
The gunpowder did not explode with as much power as would normally occur, according to the police.
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