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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Turkish PM's visit to Italy postponed

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Italy scheduled December 16, 2009 was postponed due to Dec. 13 attack on Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, Turkish Haberler website reports referring to Erdogan’s Dec. 14 statement.

As NEWS.am reported previously, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stood an assault at the Sunday rally organized by the ruling “The people of Freedom” party in central Duomo’s square, Milan.

After the speech, a man approached Berlusconi and stroke him in the face with a cathedral statuette, France-Presse agency reports.

As a result, a 73-year-old Premier suffered a fractured nose, two broken teeth and cuts to his lips, Reuters informs. Presently, he is under medical supervision in one of Milan hospitals.

The police arrested the attacker — a 42-year-old Italian Massimo Tartaglia, who was undergoing treatment for mental problems within 10 years, the source says. However, according to consulting doctor, Tartaglia was not a danger to society, Italian media reports.

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