Nisman ‘didn’t trust policemen’ guarding him

The man who gave Argentinean prosecutor Alberto Nisman the pistol that killed him said Nisman feared for the safety of his daughters and did not trust the policemen protecting him.

Diego Lagomarsino said at a news conference that Nisman borrowed the gun on January 17, the day before he was found dead with Lagomarsino’s gun by his side. The prosecutor was scheduled to appear before congress the next day to detail his allegations that Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez conspired to protect some of the Iranian suspects in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre.

Lagomarsino, a computer specialist and long-time acquaintance of Nisman, said he had asked Nisman why he wanted the gun. He said Nisman told him it was to protect his daughters.