Daily Mail
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
French president Nicolas Sarkozy, his wife Carla Bruni and Israeli premier Ehud Olmert were at the centre of a security alert this afternoon after a policemancommitted suicide during an airport farewell ceremony.
Bodyguards scrambled to protect the three when the officer fatally shot himself in the head just yards from the red carpet.
The shooting occurred while a military band was playing, and the leaders apparently didn't hear anything.
Dark-suited men then quickly ushered Sarkozy and his wife up the stairs of their plane. In a panic, Sarkozy's wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, rushed up the stairs ahead of her husband.
The incident marred Sarkozy's three-day trip to Israel, a visit meant to improve relations between the two countries.
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