June
30, 2010
MADRID, Spain,—
A Spanish court sentenced a Syrian Kurd to three
years in prison Wednesday for throwing a shoe at
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in what
he called a bid to highlight the plight of Kurds.
The 27-year-old
threw the shoe
as the visiting Turkish leader was leaving the city
hall in the southern city of Seville on February 22,
but did not hit him.
Hokman Joma, who has been in custody since the
incident, was found guilty of "an attack against the
international community" and also ordered to pay a
fine of 408 euros (500 dollars. |
A Syrian man of
Kurdish origin has been detained in Spain after
throwing a shoe at Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
in the southern city of Seville. |
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