31 December 2004,
Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister, is beaten in the face by a worker. When the vacation worker in Rome saw Berluscón, he threw the camera tripod on the same street. The populist prime minister was involved in cases of sexual scandals and corruption. Asked why he replied: “Because I hated.”
The photo is from December 2009, when once again a demonstrator from Milan broke his nose.
Source:
FACTBOX: Facts about Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi (Reuters, 14 December 2009).