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SPLASH EXCLUSIVE Erdogan's security threatens Kurdish man

SECURITY guards of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan physically attacked and verbally threatened a Kurdish man at a hotel in London yesterday after he confronted him about attacks on Afrin.

The unidentified Kurdish man and his fiancee were having drinks at the same hotel Mr Erdogan, who is on a three-day visit to Britain, is staying at.

He claims that the guards called him a “dog” and accused him of being a terrorist.

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