A young man hurled his shoe at the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Monday evening (February 22) as he walked to his car after an awards ceremony in Seville, Spain.
The 20-year old protester shouted "Viva Kurdistan" as he threw the shoe at Erdogan. But he missed his target. The shoe hit Erdogan's bodyguard and the protester was promptly taken into custody.
Turkey's state-owned Anatolian news agency reported that the attacker was of Syrian origin heavily intoxicated at the time of the incident.
Shoe-throwing protests have became more common since an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the then-U.S. President George W. Bush in December 2008.

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SEVILLE, SPAIN (FEBRUARY 22, 2010) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (AA - NO ACCESS TURKEY, ROJ TV)
TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TAYYIP ERDOGAN LEAVING BUILDING WITH HIS WIFE
MAN THROWING SHOE AT ERDOGAN, SECURITY GUARDS FORCING ERDOGAN TO ENTER CAR
POLICE DETAINING PROTESTER CHANTING Viva Kurdistan"

POLICE PUTTING HAND OVER MOUTH OF PROTESTER
PROTESTER TAKEN TO POLICE CAR
PROTESTER INSIDE POLICE CAR

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SEVILLE, SPAIN (FEBRUARY 22, 2010) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (AA - NO ACCESS TURKEY, ROJ TV)
TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TAYYIP ERDOGAN LEAVING BUILDING WITH HIS WIFE
MAN THROWING SHOE AT ERDOGAN, SECURITY GUARDS FORCING ERDOGAN TO ENTER CAR
POLICE DETAINING PROTESTER CHANTING Viva Kurdistan"

POLICE PUTTING HAND OVER MOUTH OF PROTESTER
PROTESTER TAKEN TO POLICE CAR
PROTESTER INSIDE POLICE CAR