Protester throws shoe at IMF director

Istanbul, October 01: A protester has thrown a shoe at the IMF director during a conference at a university in Istanbul.

The shoe fell short of hitting Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund.

The man who threw the shoe was quickly overpowered and removed from the conference hall at Istanbul’s Bilgi University today.

Strauss-Kahn is in Istanbul for the fund’s annual meeting.

–Agencies