Purple Powder thrown at Britain's Blair

[sleuth]

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A protester hit British Prime Minister Tony Blair with a purple power as he was speaking in the House of Commons, sparking major security fears.

A fathers' rights group, Fathers 4 Justice, shortly afterwards claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack. Two men were arrested, police said.

Linkage: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/19/uk.parliament.powder/index.html

 

[Tonio]

Sounds like the work of The Joker.

 

[sleuth]

LONDON, May 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Two fathers' rights campaigners were charged Thursday after they threw two condoms full of purple-colored corn flour at British Prime Minister Tony Blair during his weekly question time in parliament Wednesday.

Patrick Ronald Davis, 48, and farmer Guy Richard Harrison, 36, were charged under the Public Order Act with "using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior, or disorderly behavior, likely to cause harassment, alarm, or distress."

linkage: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-05/21/content_1481694.htm