Swedish police arrested two protesters after they hurled a shoe and books at Israel's ambassador while he gave a speech at a university seminar, a police official said Thursday.
Ambassador Benjamin Dagan was not injured in Wednesday night's attack at Stockholm University, police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander said.
"The shoe only brushed his leg, and the books didn't hit him," she said.
Dagan was participating in a seminar on Israel's upcoming elections and the situation in the Middle East, when a man and a woman in the audience started throwing objects at him.
Grainy video of the incident posted on YouTube showed how a group of protesters in the audience started shouting while books were tossed toward the front of the room.
Sjolander said both suspects, who were not identified, were released after questioning. She said a prosecutor had launched an investigation and that the two were suspected of attempted assault and disturbing public order.
An Israeli Embassy spokesman declined to comment on the attack.
The incident echoed similar attacks in recent weeks. An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a news conference in December and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was attacked by a shoe-throwing protester in Britain on Monday.
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