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Shoe thrown at Turkish PM Erdogan

23 February 2010 23:55 (UTC+04:00)
Shoe thrown at Turkish PM Erdogan
A man threw his shoe at Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Seville, Spain, on Monday evening, the BBC reported.
The 20-year-old protester shouted "Viva Kurdistan" as he made the attack, although he missed his target as his shoe hit Erdogan's bodyguard.
The attacker was taken into custody and Turkey's state-owned Anatolian news agency reported that the man was heavily intoxicated.*

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