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MADRID — A young man punched Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy hard in the head Wednesday evening after managing to get next to him at a campaign appearance in the northern city where Rajoy grew up. The unidentified attacker was standing next to Rajoy on a street in the city of Pontevedra in the Galicia region while he talked to a crowd, then pulled his arm back and delivered a punishing left hook to Rajoy’s left cheeck. Video on Spanish TV showed Rajoy falling toward the ground from the Read more [...] Spain's prime minister was punched in the face by a selfie-seeking teen during a campaign stop on Wednesday, leaving the politician bruised. The 17-year-old boy reportedly has radical ties. Mariano Rajoy was visiting Pontevedra in Spain's Galicia region and was talking to people in a crowd when he was hit by the teenager, said the BBC News. The punch was caught on video. "The teenager bypassed (Rajoy's) security guards by saying that he wanted to take a selfie with him and footage shows him Read more [...] The Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy was punched in the face by a teenage radical during a campaign event in his home region of Galicia yesterday. The 60-year-old leader was knocked off balance and his glasses fell to the ground but Mr Rajoy was unhurt. Photographs later showed him with a deep red mark on the left side of his face. A 17-year-old, named only as Andres de VF, was arrested and was expected to appear in court today. He is a left-wing radical who has pledged support for Read more [...]

Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy suffered a scare Wednesday when a 17-year-old youth punched him in the face during a campaign appearance in his northwestern fiefdom of Galicia, breaking his glasses.
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Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (NASDAQ:GGAL) shares were up 4.8% during trading on Tuesday , MarketBeat.Com reports. The company traded as high as $24.71 and last traded at $24.63, with a volume of 413,458 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $23.50. Separately, Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Grupo Financiero Galicia from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $21.00 target price for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October Read more [...] World News of Thursday, 17 December 2015 Source: Reuters 2015-12-17 Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gestures during a campaign rally in Cangas de Onis Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was punched in the face during a campaign event for Sunday's general election in his home region of Galicia on Wednesday, TV footage showed. The prime minister, 60, was unhurt, a People's Party spokesman said, but Rajoy appeared later with a deep red mark on his face. A young man Read more [...] Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has taken a hard sucker punch in the face from a teenage boy in one of his campaign appearances only three days ahead of the country’s general elections. The incident occurred on Wednesday when the 60-year-old premier was in the city of Pontevedra in the northwestern Galicia region talking among a crowd of people. The 17-year-old boy left Rajoy a bruised face with broken glasses. He had pretended to be interested in taking a selfie with the premier to get Read more [...] The incident comes at an eventful time for the electoral campaign, marked by a debate of rare ferocity on Monday, which saw the usually calm Rajoy slam his main rival Pedro Sanchez of the opposition Socialists as “a miserable wretch” when he questioned his integrity. A young man caught the conservative politician by surprise during an event in Pontevedra, punching him hard and knocking his glasses off. Mr Rajoy was not seriously hurt during the attack in Pontevedra in his home Read more [...]

The Spanish prime minister has been left bruised, after a teenage punched him during a campaigning event.

The attack on Mariano Rajoy happened in the city of Pontevedra in the Galicia region, while he talked to a crowd.

Leaders of opposition parties trying to win power from Mr Rajoy in the election condemned the assault.

Violence is, for the most part, a terrible way to get what you want. And clocking a top government official is even worse. Which is why it makes perfect sense that it was a teen who took it upon himself to punch the Spanish Prime Minister—at a heavily populated public event, no less—directly in the face. With the Spanish general election coming up on Sunday, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was on the trail when he made a campaign stop in Galicia. Rajoy also just so happens Read more [...]

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