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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been struck in the face and knocked to the ground at a political rally in Milan.

Video footage showed Mr Berlusconi, 73, with blood on his lips as he was whisked away from the scene in a car.

The BBC's Maxine Mawhinney and Duncan Kennedy explain events surrounding the incident.