Comedian Omid Djalili opens up on terrifying moment he was shot at while at university

Comedian Omid Djalili has revealed the terrifying moment he was shot at and forced to hide behind a bin while he was at university.

The 57-year-old was a student at Ulster University in Northern Ireland, where he studied English and Theatre in the mid-1980s.

Talking on Kate Garraway's Life Stories, Omid recalled the horrifying moment when he was targeted.

He said: “Once I was throwing stones on Portstewart Beach. These guys come over to me and they said ‘Do you want your kneecaps blown off?’

“I got shot at with a rifle and I ran away, they came chasing after me, I hid behind a bin.”