The president of the European Central Bank has been interrupted at a news conference by a protester shouting "end ECB dictatorship."
Mario Draghi was outlining the bank's latest monetary policy thinking when a lone woman wearing a black t-shirt jumped onto the desk above Mr Draghi and showered him with items including what looked like confetti.
As she was dragged away, the bank suspended the video feed of the news conference though Mr Draghi returned shortly afterwards, looking shocked, but apparently unhurt.
It is not yet known who the woman was or what lay behind her protest but early speculation could focus on the renewed financial troubles in Greece which is yet to secure additional bailout funds from its creditors, including the ECB.
Some activists accuse the bank of trying to enforce budget austerity measures on eurozone countries, such as Greece, that are under financial bailout programmes.
There is likely to be an investigation into how she managed to get in to the news conference.
The bank's Governing Council had earlier left the ECB' benchmark interest rates on hold following signs its policy tools, including quantitative easing, were having a positive effect on demand in the eurozone economy.
But Mr Draghi sought to play down market speculation the ECB would scale back its QE plans as a response.
He insisted the bank expected to fully implement its €1tn government bond-buying programme until September 2016, as previously announced.
"Our focus will be on the full implementation of our policy measures," he said but added that the programme was "flexible enough" to be adjusted if necessary.
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