Sudan shoe-thrower targets President
Published:Monday | January 25, 2010 | 5:44 PM
A man has thrown a shoe at Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, during a public meeting.
Alleged witnesses say although he missed his target, he was immediately arrested by security staff in Khartoum.
The president\'s office has denied the shoe incident, but said officers detained a man trying to give a note to Mr Bashir.
Throwing shoes is hugely insulting in Arab culture; former US President George W Bush had shoes hurled at him during a visit to Iraq in 2008.
No reason was given for the reported attack on Mr Bashir, who is wanted on an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes committed in Sudan’s Darfur region.