Murdoch attacked with 'foam pie' in U.K. parliament

News of the World phone hacking scandal



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LONDON (RIA Novosti) - A man tried to attack News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch with a "foam pie" during a parliamentary committee hearing into phone hacking allegations on Tuesday.

The BBC said the attacker threw a "plate of shaving foam" at the 80-year-old businessman. His wife, Wendy Deng, is reported to have "landed a right hook" on the attacker, who was arrested.

UK Uncut activist and comedian Jonnie Marbles said on Twitter that he was the attacker. The group campaigns against tax avoidance in the U.K.

"It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat," he wrote. Murdoch was not hurt.


The hearing was suspended for ten minutes, but has now resumed.

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News of the World phone hacking scandal

British tabloid the News of the World was closed after 168 years in print after it emerged that some newspaper journalists had written stories based on material hacked from phone messages, including those belonging to crime victims, celebrities and politicians. The tabloid belonged to News Corporation, the world's second-largest media conglomerate. With the unfolding scandal around the News of the World and subsequent arrests came allegations that News Corporation-owned newspapers could be involved in phone hacking activities.