Man hurls statue at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, leaves him hurt
Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by ARK in Buzz
Massimo Tartaglia a 42-year-old man hurled a statue at Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister. The statue that he threw hurt and injured him in the face.
Police arrested the man and were questioning him. An Italian TV footage shows Berlusconi getting injured and bleeding.
The incident happened after Berlusconi finished giving speech to his Freedom Party supporters at 6:30 pm local time on Sunday December 13, 2009.
According to the local Sky TG24 TV, the Italian leader was taken to a hospital in Milan for treatment. Apparently Berlusconi sustained a minor fracture of his nose, and two broken teeth and contusion of his upper lip. Berlusconi is otherwise having tough ride on his seat and is under attack by opposition for many scandals, which also includes sex scandals of the PM.
