The Czech Republic president was attacked by a man wielding a pellet gun on Friday (September 28) during a routine visit to a village.<br/> <br />President Vaclav Klaus was in a local area for the opening of a new bridge.<br/> <br />But as he met the crowd, a man opened fire with an airsoft gun - hitting the president on the arm.<br/> <br />While he escaped uninjured, the local mayor said the president was less than impressed with his security team.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: CHRASTAVA MAYOR MICHAEL CANOV SAYING (Czech):<br/> <br />"I heard the president say to his bodyguards, 'You didn't react very well' or something like that."<br/> <br />The attacker walked away from the scene before being detained by police.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: MAN WHO ATTACKED PRESIDENT, PAVEL ONDROUS, SAYING (Czech):<br/> <br />"I think it's an adequate expression of my feelings, even though someone could call it extreme. I think it is extreme when the government forces a third of the nation into hunger."<br/> <br />Despite the attack, the 71-year-old president appeared defiant.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: PRESIDENT VACLAV KLAUS SAYING (Czech):<br/> <br />"I would have hit him back, but there wasn't a chance."<br/> <br />Klaus finishes his second and final term as president in March.
