Man killed outside Buenos Aires parliament

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A man has been killed in a shooting outside parliament in Buenos Aires.

The incident also left an Argentine deputy seriously injured

Hector Olivares was shot thrice by armed men while walking with a colleague, who later died from his injuries. 

61-year-old Olivares is from Argentina's Radical Civic Union (UCR) party. 

According to local media, he was working on a piece of legislation to reduce cases of football-related violence when he was shot.

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