[Al Arabiya] Video footage emerged on Friday of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's car being attacked by an angry mob, as the premier visited the town of Soma where a mining disaster killed over 300 people.
Around the same time, amateur footage showed him and his bodyguards retreating in a supermarket after crowds began shouting "murderer!" and "Thief!" -- with some claiming the footage shows him punching a mourner
| Life gets ever more exciting in the capital of the former Byzantine empire. And the Times of Israel notes that in the video footage can be seen: |
“Why are you running away, Israeli spawn?” Recep Tayyip Erdogan is heard yelling at a protester in video footage circulated by the opposition Sozcu newspaper, using an expression considered a curse in Turkish. |